Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:The tenant men scuffed home to the farms through the red dust.Which sentence best describes Steinbeck's diction here?A.He uses the word "red" to show how angry the tenants are.B.He uses the words "red dust" to show that the tenants weren't being forced to leave anything valuable.

Read the following passage from The Grapes of Wrath:The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. They sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.Which statement best describes the tone of this passage?A.The author feels frustrated for the farmers.

Which sentence best explains the significance of the novel's title, The Grapes of Wrath?A.When the migrants drink the bad wine they made, they get angry.B.Steinbeck lived on a winery of the same name in California.C.In the last chapter, the personified grapes show their fury for not being picked.

How does the diction used in the following quote set the tone for Chapter 2? Make sure to identify the tone of the passage and at least 2 diction choices that impact the tone. (2 points)“About half-way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air” (Fitzgerald 23).

What literary device is used in the phrase 'dust of snow'?

What literary device that varies syntax does Steinbeck use in the highlighted portion of the excerpt below from The Grapes of Wrath?We could have saved you, but you cut us down, and soon you will be cut down and there’ll be none of us to save you.Group of answer choicesAntithesisClimaxInversionAnaphora