When my man takes a solo on his sax, look out! The notes pour out of his horn in a joyful jumble. He is so hot, he sizzles! 1. List two words or phrases that give the writer’s voice a casual or informal quality.

2. List two words or phrases that give the writer’s voice an energetic quality.

3. The first sentence ends in an exclamation, “look out!” What quality does this sentence ending add to the writer’s voice?

Read this passage from william faulkner's the sound and the fury: i says no i never had university advantages because at harvard they teach you how to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim and at sewanee they dont even teach you what water is. i says you might send me to the state university; maybe i'll learn how to stop my clock with a nose spray and then you can send ben to the navy i says or to the cavalry anyway, they use geldings in the cavalry. which best describes the narrator's tone in this passage? a. bitter b. angry c. sarcastic d. all of the above