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The Fowl in the Pot

by Stanley J. Weyman (excerpt)

Arriving at a house, which, if we might judge in the darkness, seemed to be of rather greater pretensions than its fellows, our guide stopped, and whispered to us to mount some steps to a raised wooden gallery, which intervened between the lane and the doorway. On this, besides the door, a couple of unglazed windows looked out. The shutter of one was ajar, and showed us a large, bare room, lighted by a couple of rushlights. Directing us to place ourselves close to this shutter, the innkeeper knocked at the door in a peculiar fashion, and almost immediately entered, going at once into the lighted room. Peering cautiously through the window we were surprised to find that the only person within, save the newcomer, was a young woman, who, crouching over a smoldering fire, was crooning a lullaby while she attended to a large black pot.
Which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?

In the Fowl in the pot which was written by Stanley J. Weyman, the setting that has been shown is not very pleasant. It gives the feeling of quite an old room which is dingy.

The atmosphere that the author is trying to show here is a little scary also and the author makes the readers actually imagine the setting which has been described in the lesson. The tone of the lesson is scary, old, dingy and not very pleasant.

chilljain33 chilljain33 · Answer 2 · 2022-08-05T11:48:26+02:00

From the excerpt of ''The Fowl in the Pot'' as aforementioned, it can be ascertained that the tone of the excerpt is mysterious. Therefore, the option A holds true.

What is the significance of the tone of an excerpt?

The tone of an excerpt is regarded as a creation of the nature of the central idea or theme of any excerpt. It is also to be noted that the tone of the excerpt always matches to the main idea of any given excerpt, and the complete story at large.

In the tone of the given excerpt from ''The Fowl in the Pot'', Stanley J. Weyman has made the tone mysterious, as he adds the elements such as singing a lullaby at the time of attending to a large pot, which is pretty unusual. It creates a mystery as to why she sings a lullaby.

Therefore, the option A holds true and states that the tone of the excerpt from ''The Fowl in the Pot'' is mysterious.

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The missing part of the question (the options) have been added below for better reference of the students.

A.

Mysterious

B.

Frustrated

C.

Mocking

D.

Troubled