Iknew i could never let mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d’être, so what i did was i took dad’s emergency money from on top of his dresser, and i went to the radio shack on amsterdam. it was on a tv there that i saw that the first building had fallen. i bought the exact same phone and ran home and recorded our greeting from the first phone onto it. i wrapped up the old phone in the scarf that grandma was never able to finish because of my privacy, and i put that in a grocery bag, and i put that in a box, and i put that in another box, and i put that under a bunch of stuff in my closet, like my jewelry workbench and albums of foreign currencies.

which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?
a. deceitful
b. sentimental
c. methodical
d. respectful

the correct answer is METHODICAL

C) Methodical.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. In the given excerpt we can see the description of how the speaker managed to hide the phone from her mother, so the tone of the excerpt is methodical.

i do not know what the passage is but i can give some examples

1. repetitive phrases may be used to create a emphasizing tone

2. pauses in sentences are used to create a dramatic effect but can also be suspenseful

3. using lots of exclamation marks and loud speech such as words in all caps can be creating a excited or possibly angry tone.

4. using lots of questioning phrases my mean that they are in suspicion of something.

5. using lots of questionable statements or questions can imply of a sneeky or sly tone.