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Read the passage from "Doe Season.”
She listened to the crunch of their boots, their breathing, and the drumming of a distant woodpecker. And the crackling. In winter the woods crackled as if everything were straining, ready to snap like dried chicken bones.
Which word best describes the tone the author creates with this imagery?
tense
gentle
detached
optimistic
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Tense.
The sounds (crunching boots, strained crackling, "ready to snap like dried chicken bones") create a feeling of tension and imminent break, not gentleness, detachment, or optimism.
The sounds (crunching boots, strained crackling, "ready to snap like dried chicken bones") create a feeling of tension and imminent break, not gentleness, detachment, or optimism.
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