Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. The announcer said it was 7:55 as Mama squeezed into a parking space, and we settled ourselves quietly for a moment, trying to identify the buzzing noise that seemed as if it were all around us. It resembled the sound of crowds at my high school football games. But how could that be? The announcer said there was a crowd, but surely it couldn't be that big. Which word from the excerpt creates mood? settled buzzing resembled games

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Kiley Bentley

3 March, 21:46

Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. The announcer said it was 7:55 as Mama squeezed into a parking space, and we settled ourselves quietly for a moment, trying to identify the buzzing noise that seemed as if it were all around us. It resembled the sound of crowds at my high school football games. But how could that be? The announcer said there was a crowd, but surely it couldn't be that big. Which word from the excerpt creates mood? settled buzzing resembled games

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Avery Hayes · Answer 1

Buzzing creates mood because it implies feelings of anxiousness, and almost intensity, especially when described as resembling high school football games because the energetic feelings often encompassing buzzing games (excited nervousness, anxiety) further elaborate the mood of this excerpt.