Identify the tone of the following paragraph.Today, an old skinny man sits alone on a park bench. People passing by fail to recognize that his dusty and tattered hat quietly rests on his rounded head. Thin, gray straw-like hairs poke their way from under the brim of the dusty, tattered hat waiting for someone to gift him with a simple glance. I sat next to him, offered him part of my sandwich and he said, “thank you for sitting next to me, I frequent the park daily and no ever notices me like you did today.”
The paragraph emphasizes the man’s loneliness: people pass by without noticing him, and he says no one ever notices him. The narrator’s kind gesture highlights how sad and isolated the man feels, so the tone is sorrow. “Sorrow” is the best choice.
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