A Long Walk To Water By Linda Sue Park

In this passage from “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, the tone of the author was dramatic. One example of the author using the tone dramatic is on line 2 of the passage. “The sun was relentless and eternal” This is dramatic because the author could have said the sun was hot but they made it so perfectly explained that it is so miserable to be outside. Saying relentless is meaning the sun is consistently burning and the heat is very very strong. Using the word eternal is meaning all day the sun is shining at its brightest. These two words show that the author is using the tone dramatic because the sun is so painful and she is proving that the heat is miserable and harsh to be. Another example is on line 3-4 “ Each minute of walking