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?
The word “buzzing” helps create the tense, uneasy mood by suggesting a constant, surrounding noise that the characters cannot identify. “Resembled,” “games,” and “settled” describe comparisons or actions, but they do not create the same strong atmosphere.
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