Read the excerpt from "Madam and the Rent Man" by
Langston Hughes.
How does word choice shape the tone of this excerpt?
The rent man knocked.
He said, Howdy-do?
I said, What
Can I do for you?
He said, You know
Your rent is due.
The emotional words immediately instill tension.
The neutral words create a matter-of-fact attitude.
The angry, hostile words reflect the frustration of the
speaker.
The threatening words paint the rent man as an evil
figure.
PLEASE HURRY

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!

definition was not one of the four methods

it makes the game seem more impressive.