Oftentimes I had to sleep without blankets, and sometimes without supper, but usually I had no great difficulty in finding a loaf of bread here and there at the houses of the farmer settlers in the widely scattered clearings. With one of these large backwoods loaves I was able to wander many a long wild fertile mile in the forests and bogs, free as the winds, gathering plants … Identify and explain the tone of this passage. What specific words contribute to the tone? Then, explain how the tone of the passage would change if the words "travel" and "lonely as the solitary cloud, collecting and numbering plants" replaced the bolded words. Be sure to identify the new tone and explain how the changed words create that tone. Your response should be a paragraph of 3–5 sentences.

Identify/explain the tone (author’s attitude).
What specific words in this quote show THAT tone?
What would the NEW tone be if we replaced the bold words with “puddle of gray algae in which its insignificant bleached bulb had fallen into a tangle of twigs?”
Why does changing the words change the tone here?