Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this narrative. read this excerpt from “about russell” by rita williams-garcia. when he did speak, it was in a monotone, his eyes fixed elsewhere. how does the word monotone affect the tone of this excerpt? it supports a tone of deep distress. it creates a tone of confidence. it conveys a tone of disengagement. it suggests a tone of commitment.

The correct answer is option three.

The word monotone means without intonation or expressivity. In the excerpt from "About Russell," by Rita Williams-Garcia, the narrator conveys a tone of disengagement, which means emotional detachment, disconnection or indifference. The reason is he speaks in a desinterested way and does not look at the person in the eyes.

moon-letters were a method of writing invented by the dwarves. moon-letters were ordinary runes, but written in such a way that they could only be read when the light of the moon shone behind the writing. some moon-letters could be read by any moonlight, but it was possible to make the writing even more secret. more sophisticated moon-letters could only be read by the light of the same shape of moon, or at the same time of year, as when they were written. hope this !