Janie's tone can be described as cold. Her repetitive shutting out and purposeful ignorance towards Joe clearly demonstrates the bitterness in the relationship. Through Janie's reactions such as "[pressing] her teeth together and learned to hush," and not being "petal-open anymore with him," are key thoughts Janie makes that give the passage its tone.

Some common words found in the essay are:
Janie Janie, , petal-open anymore, rhetorical strategies, tone passage,
Approximate Word count = 446
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)