Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath:

sure, cried the tenant men, but it's our land. we measured it and broke it up. we were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. even if it's no good, it's still ours. that's what makes it ours—being born on it, working it, dying on it. that makes ownership, not a paper with numbers on it.

which best describes how the diction supports the tone of this passage?
a. by beginning the excerpt with the word "sure," the author articulates a fundamental truth that most reasonable people can agree with.
b. by beginning several sentences with "we," the author uses parallelism to express a formal and objective tone that avoids sentimentality.
c. by using a metaphor to compare ownership to a piece of paper, the author indicates that the land should really belong to the farmers.
d. by referring to how farmers "died on" and are "dying on" the land, the author conveys sympathy toward the tenant farmers for being displaced.

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For the strangers that came to town you will write a paragraph explaining the main conflict. you will also compare and contrast the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. for this assignment, use the novel or short story you chose to read for module 5. write a paragraph explaining the conflict and the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. review the example in the lesson. be sure your paragraph mentions the title and author in the first sentence briefly summarizes the plot identifies the main conflict describes the protagonist’s perspective on the conflict provides a line of dialogue that the protagonist says to support your idea (text support) describes the antagonist’s perspective of the conflict provide a line of dialogue that the antagonist says to support your idea (text support) includes a closing line to summarize the character’s views uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.