Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. they set out on may 4, 1961, from washington, dc. ten days later, in atlanta, georgia, they split into two groups; one group rode a greyhound bus and the other boarded a trailways. when the greyhound reached anniston, alabama, on the morning of may 14, segregationists were waiting at the station. what is the tone of the excerpt? emotional factual mysterious critical factual

The answer is: factual.

Tone is the attitude or feeling of the author as regards the topic or subject of a piece of writing. The excerpt has a factual tone because it is concerned with the actual, genuine reality rather than perceptions or reactions towards it.

The tone is not emotional because it does not relate to anybody's emotions. Mysterious is not correct either since the events are not difficult to understand or explain. Finally, the tone is not critical for the reason that the text does not express disapproval or objection.