The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. they sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.
which statement best describes the tone of this passage?
a. the author uses descriptive words to show what the farmers have done.
b. the author repeats words and employs parallelism.
c. the author uses the word "creep" to emphasize that debt is sinister.
d. the author feels frustrated for the farmers

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Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

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