Question

Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "The Evacuation."
Though it was hard to stand up to all those grown ups, 1
knew I had to keep my promise to Mum. I kept telling
myself, "Pull yourself together, pull yourself together,"
so I wouldn't cry. Each time someone tried to separate
me from Edna, I geared up to yell and that scared them
off good and proper!
courageous
fearful
shameful
joyous

Answer 1

Answer:

Fearful

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The word that most effectively conveys the mood of the given excerpt would be as follows:

A). Courageous

• The Mood is described as the emotion or the response that the author aims to elicit from the readers by providing a specific atmosphere and description.
• In the given excerpt, the emotion that is being elicited would be 'Courageous' which is reflected through the descriptions like "I wouldn't cry," "I geared up...that scared them"
• These details substantiate that the girl carries all the strength in the difficult situation to battle it successfully.

Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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