D. To provide the reader with concrete details or information.
Allusion is a technique where expressions that have an indirect or passing reference is used to provide more meaning. The ideas are called to mind without being explicit. Authors use allusions to prompt deeper understanding by relating ideas.
"pink quartz glowed like happiness" seems like the best option.
Answer: Fabio's attitude changed because he'd be in the parade.
Explanation: Fabio is excited to be able to participate in the parade. The focus of the question isn't on why he'd be in the parade or how? But on what makes his attitude change. Every other factor mentioned corroborates that he'd be participating in the parade.
In literature, the term tone refers to the writer's attitude or feelings about the subject matter as well as towards the audience. Such tone is created by authors through the use of literary elements, such as diction( defined as word choice), syntax ( or the grammatical arrangement of words), imagery ( referred to the vivid appeals to the senses); details (related with facts that are either included or omitted) and figurative language (which refers to the comparison with apparently unrelated things.
In the particular segment.. “He was tall, gaunt, with a pale skin and sunken eyes the color of a kingfisher's wing, neither blue nor green...” details and figurative languages seem to be used by the author as literary elements to express his/her attitude towards Kenny, which could be categorized as indifferent
