Which of the following excerpts uses formal diction?2 of 7 QUESTIONSNow we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.—Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address"Durn that road. And it fixing to rain, too. I can stand here and same as see it with second-sight, a-shutting down behind them like a wall, shutting down betwixt them and my given promise.—William Faulkner, As I Lay DyingI can't. I could have done it once; but now I can't go back to it. Last night, when I was wandering about, a girl spoke to me; and I tried to get back into the old way with her; but it was no use.—George Bernard Shaw, PygmalionI was almost mad at the wealth of Orchids. . . . I never was more interested in any subject in my life than in this of Orchids.—Charles Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin

What is darrow’s main argument and the claims he makes in this excerpt? a. darrow argues that even if the boys are horrible monsters, their deaths will not solve the problems of society; he claims that society wants the boys to be executed because people enjoy watching public executions. b. he argues that the people who should be held responsible for the crime are leopold’s and loeb’s parents since they neglected their sons; he claims that leopold and loeb were jealous of the boy they killed because he had expensive belongings they could not afford. c. darrow argues that the boys should not face the death penalty; he claims they both suffer from mental illnesses that make them unable to tell the difference between a dream and reality. d. he argues that leopold and loeb, particularly dickie loeb, should not be executed; he claims they were teenagers who didn’t have proper adult guidance, so they are not responsible for what they did.

Based on the information in the passage, what conclusion can the reader make?

To meet the needs of commuters in the industrial age, city planners implemented the use of phonographs. provided more horses and carriages. borrowed technology from railroads. constructed new telephone lines.