9.     which of the following  best  illustrates a pair of sentences that are joined by an understood relationship?   a.  detective smiley scanned the dim hallway. he pulled his pistol from its holster.      b.  luke put three dollars into the office football pool. he was looking forward to vacation.      c.  it rained for ten days and ten nights. grandmother grady called a company to drill a well.      d.  i don't understand a word you said. have you taken a course in english literature?

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.