Which detail in the excerpt best helps the reader determine the frantic tone?
Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder. Hear My Cry.
For a long moment no one moved or said a word as Mr.
Barnett shone the light directly on T. J., then on R. W.
and Melvin, their faces darkened by the stockings. But
when Mr. Barnett saw the cabinet lock busted, he flew
into frenzied action, hopping madly down the stairs and
trying to grab the metal box from Melvin. They
struggled, with Mr. Barnett getting the better of Melvin,
until R. W. whopped Mr. Barnett solidly on the head
from behind with the flat of the axe, and Mr. Barnett
slumped into a heap upon the floor as if dead.
O For a long moment no one moved or said a word
O he flew into frenzied action, hopping madly down th
stairs
O Mr. Barnett slumped into a heap upon the floor as if
dead
O their faces darkened by the stockings