Question

Read the following excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott

Momaday:
I do not speak Kiowa, and I never understood her prayers,
but there was something inherently sad in the sound, some
merest hesitation upon the syllables of sorrow. She began
in a high and descending pitch, exhausting her breath to
silence; then again and again-and always the same
intensity of effort, of something that is, and is not like
urgency in the human voice. Transported so in the dancing
light among the shadows of her room, she seemed beyond
the reach of time
Which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone?
A. high and descending pitch

B. syllables of sorrow

C. Transported in the dancing light

D. Always the same intensity

Answer 1

B. syllables of sorrow

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

B. syllables of sorrow

Step-by-step explanation:

Navarre Scott Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain" (1969) is a folkore book about Scott's Kiova's ancestors. In this specific paragraph, the author is talking about her grandmother. The last time N. Scott saw her grandmother, she was praying at nigh in their ritual style.

These lines are about her prayers, which the author could not understand, but he did know that the prayers were about many sufferings and hope she had seen in her life. The tone of the paragraph is sad. The phrase "Syllables of sorrow" strongly contributes to the overall sad tone of this passage.