What is the tone of "i know why the caged bird cannot read" and evidence

Readers not already sympathetic to Prose's argument, however, may be turned off by the opening of the essay (as well as by the entire essay itself). They may find Prose's tone condescending, smug, elitist, and arrogant. :)

Explanation:

I just got this answer from google°_°

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

"urban sprawl, the spreading of large developments of housing and shopping areas around a city’s center, has many negative cultural and environmental effects. " (from your link)

so, your answer is: it has a negative effect on the environment, otherwise known as c~hope this mate.