Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath: the movement changed them; the highways, the camps along the road, the fear of hunger and the hunger itself, changed them. the children without dinner changed them, the endless moving changed them. which best describes the tone of this excerpt? a. syntactical b. uncaring c. hopeful d. sympathetic

The option that best describes the tone of this excerpt is D. sympathetic.

The tone of a literary work is the attitude that the writer has towards a subject. Moreover, tone is usually expressed through the choice of words and style. In this excerpt, phrases such as 'the fear of hunger' and 'children without dinner' indicate that the tone of the speaker is sympathetic. 'Sympathetic' is used to refer to the writer's feeling of compassion for the poor living conditions of that people.

sympathetic APEX :D gotta be 20 characters so blah blah blah

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.

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