Question

Read the excerpt from "Missing in Action” by Thanhha Lai.

(1) Father left home
(2) on a navy mission
(3) on this day
(4) nine years ago
(5) when I was almost one.

(6) He was captured
(7) on Route 1
(8) an hour south of the city
(9) by moped.

(10) That’s all we know.

Which detail about the line length most contributes to the tone of the excerpt?

Line 1 establishes a mysterious event that the speaker wants the reader to solve.

The end of the first stanza emphasizes the speaker’s sadness over how young she was at that time.

Line 7 helps the reader identify where the event described by the speaker occurred.

The one-sentence stanza emphasizes the speaker’s frank attitude toward the event being described.

Answer 1

Answer:

The end of the first stanza emphasizes the speaker’s sadness over how young she was at that time.

Explanation:

The best answer would be this answer, because it is the only one that relates to the tone. Her being one shows us that she was young when her father was taken and it helps us infer the sadness that encircled her after.