What tone does this passage convey? Emma raced home to call Yolanda. She wanted to let her know that she had made the regional finals in track. Emma picked up the phone and started dialing. When she placed the phone to her ear, she heard Yolanda laughing. Yolanda said, “I was just calling you to see if you made it!”

optimistic

humorous

angry

satirical

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.