(01.03 HC)Read the excerpt from The Enchanted April by Eliza…
(01.03 HC)Read the excerpt from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim. Respond to the prompt that follows. About Mrs. Arbuthnot there was nothing bright and brisk, though much in her way with the Sunday School children that was automatic; but when Mrs. Wilkins, turning from the window, caught sight of her in the club she was not being automatic at all, but was looking fixedly at one portion of the first page of The Times, holding the paper quite still, her eyes not moving. She was just staring; and her face, as usual, was the face of a patient and disappointed Madonna. Mrs. Wilkins watched her a minute, trying to screw up courage to speak to her. She wanted to ask her if she had seen the advertisement. She did not know why she wanted to ask her this, but she wanted to. How stupid not to be able to speak to her. She looked so kind. She looked so unhappy. Why couldn’t two unhappy people refresh each other on their way through this dusty business of life by a little talk—real, natural talk, about what they felt, what they would have liked, what they still tried to hope? And she could not help thinking that Mrs. Arbuthnot, too, was reading that very same advertisement. Her eyes were on the very part of the paper. Was she, too, picturing what it would be like—the color, the fragrance, the light, the soft lapping of the sea among little hot rocks?In a paragraph of 5-7 sentences, accomplish the following: identify the tone of the passage explain how the author’s diction, including connotation and figurative language devices, helped to communicate the tone (2 quotes, properly embedded) Use proper grammar/conventions.