7. consider this quote: "in each of these historical instances . . mistrust led to misunderstanding, which led to armed conflict." the ellipsis in this quote is appropriate if a. it stands for the omission of only a single word. b. the omitted words express the bias of the person quoted. c. the omission is longer than 10 words. d. the meaning and spirit of the quote is retained.

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.