Read the passage from *The Secret Life of Bees*:

"The heat pressed down like a heavy blanket, and I felt the world shrink to the size of my own breath. The garden, once bright, now seemed a wilted tapestry of brown leaves. I sat alone on the cracked porch, listening to the distant hum of bees that no longer sang."

Determine the tone of the passage and support your answer by citing three specific linguistic features present in the text.

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Read the passage from *The Secret Life of Bees*:

"The heat pressed down like a heavy blanket, and I felt the world shrink to the size of my own breath. The garden, once bright, now seemed a wilted tapestry of brown leaves. I sat alone on the cracked porch, listening to the distant hum of bees that no longer sang."

Determine the tone of the passage and support your answer by citing three specific linguistic features present in the text.

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Melancholic; supported by the use of somber adjectives (heavy, wilted, cracked), the first‑person reflective narration, and the imagery of decay (wilted tapestry, bees that no longer sang).

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