Tell me the tone of the following passage from 'The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe "It was A LOW, DULL, QUICK SOUND - SUCH A SOUND THAT A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON. I gasped for breath, and yet the
officers heard not. I talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent
gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why WOULD they not leave! I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the
observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. O God! What COULD I do?"
Nervousness
Hopeful
Curious
Cheerful

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point