Read this excerpt from the way to rainy mountain. "they lived at first in the mountains. they did not yet know of tai-me, but this is what they knew: there was a man and his wife." what effect does the language the author uses have on the tone of this excerpt? a) the informal language creates a conversational tone common with the oral tradition. b) it develops the style of a personal memoir. c) the highly formal language creates an academic tone. d) the formal language creates a poetic tone.