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For awhile Agnes seemed to be wandering, or perhaps she was dreaming; for her eyes were closed as though in slumber, and a smile like she used to smile, flitted over her pale face, as she stretched out her arms to embrace some one.

Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence

I found that Edmund had come home sick a little while before, with all the symptoms of yellow fever—violent pains in the head and back, a yellow infusion in the eyes, a dark coating down the middle of the tongue, while the edges of the tongue appeared almost raw, and a very rapid pulse.

What statement best describes how death is shown in these excerpts?

The nonfictional excerpt shows great interest in scientific details.
The fictional excerpt shows great character development.
The fictional excerpt is more poetic than the nonfictional excerpt.
The fictional excerpt has a stronger plot than the nonfictional excerpt.

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