Question

Read these lines from "A Voice" by Pat Mora. to say, "Please move," in the language you learned effortlessly, as you learned to run, the language forbidden at home, though your mother said you learned it to fight with the neighbors. What is the author's tone here? Why do you say that? (Use text evidence to support your answer)

Answer 1

The author uses an inappropriate tone.

Step-by-step explanation:

The tone, in a text, refers to the text's ability to convey a type of sensation and feeling.

In the text shown in the question above, we can see that the author used a tone of inadequacy, to show how the English language was inadequate within her home and with communication with her family. That's because Pat Mora was the daughter of Mexican immigrants and as she herself speaks in the text, they demanded that she speak formal Spanish at home and thought she learned English just to fight with neighbors.