Read this passage: the flashlight flickered and then died, plunging wills into darkness. He reached into his pocket for fresh batteries and found, like always, nothing. Hoping anne would realize what had happened and come back and rescue him, he tapped the flashlight several times and frantically pushed the switch off and on, as if that would help. Nothing. Wills tapped the flashlight again, this time harder, and resorted to pleading. "please," he muttered. "please, turn on. " which statement best describes how the mood supports the overall meaning of the passage?.