The text I picked was "Ducks on a Pond" by Mark Sibley-Jones
The texts main point was about a older man who ran into what he saw as a local legend who played baseball with his dad. The mans name was Carl Mixson, and he was throwing bread to ducks with his grandson. As the story goes on the older man who is narrating the stoy talks with Mixson and the grandson about his father and other stories about growing up.

The passage I selected was on page 260 paragraph 4. It said " Back at the pond, Mixson shuffled once more to the edge of the water. He pulled the bread crust out of his pocket and pinched off a small piece. Again the windup, arm moving back to his hip and then forward, knees quaking on the follow through. His face brightened as the ducks came. He picked at the bread a second time, but before tossing it, turned to Carl and said, "Time for you to practice".

I think the tone of this passage is a happy lving old grandfather. The words in this passage are very descriptive and I think that helps you understand the passage better. There are no rhymes in the passage I think it is just described in detail that helps you understand the story more.

The features from points four and five help you get the undercut of the story because of how its written, the way the grandfather tells the grandson you need to practice now, and the ay the narrator describes how the grandfather throws the bread in the water helps you understand the quote a little more.