Please help, how to distinguish the tone/mood/syntax of this paragraph?

Question

“No matter how far in talk the sisters ventured, they kept returning, as if to a magnet, to what Daddy would like or dislike, approve or disapprove of. His unpredictable violences they discounted simply as they might the tantrums of a difficult child. His moods were as changeable as the moods in the long day of a child and Rose could follow them now even better than they. Sometimes the moods were of pure charm, like asking one of the girls to go with him over the fields to look at the cattle as if her were inviting them to a special place in his heart.”
-John McGahern- Amongst Women

please help thanks

Answer 1

The following website will help you learn what you need to look for when distinguishing tone, mood and syntax. Good luck with your homework assignment.

http://members.fortunecity.com/nadabs/literature-tonemood.html