Read the excerpt from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. And now, dear Margaret, do I not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but I
preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmativel My
courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. I am about to proceed on a long and difficult
voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude: I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to
sustain my own, when theirs are failing.
Which choice best summarizes the excerpt?
OA.
OB.
The narrator complains to Margaret that his choice to travel means he no longer lives a life of comfort. Moreover, he must also
keep everyone else's spirits up along with his own.
The narrator tells Margaret that despite living a life of luxury, he still prefers this difficult voyage. But he needs encouragement
because he must keep others encouraged as well as himself.
The narrator informs Margaret that he made the better choice to travel rather than to stay at home in comfort. But the crew is
very depressed, which is making him also very depressed.
Ос.
OD
The narrator tells Margaret that he goes back and forth between hope and depression, and there may be a lot of emergencies
to deal with. Therefore, he needs some encouragement from her.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.