Passage 1passage 2 read this excerpt from silent spring. then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. everywhere was a shadow of death. the farmers spoke of much illness among their families. which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts? frustrated passionate wishful insincere

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What is one way that the author makes a distinction between the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental passenger flights in 1936

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance