Decide whether each word creates mood in the passage. "Then you don't have anything to be
concerned
about." Mother Lois maneuvered through the unusually heavy traffic. "I don't know where all the
cars
could have come from," she said. We both craned our
necks
,
curious
about all the
unfamiliar
cars and people. Certainly there had never before been so many white people driving down the streets of
our
quiet, tree-lined neighborhood.

—Warriors Don't Cry,
Melba Pattillo Beals

Creates Mood

Doesn't Create Mood