Richie had felt a mad, exhilarating kind of energy growing in the room. . he thought he recognized the feeling from his childhood, when he felt it every day and had come to take it merely as a matter of course. he supposed that, if he had ever thought about that deep-running aquifer of energy as a kid (he could not recall that he ever had), he would have simply dismissed it as a fact of life, something that would always be there, like the color of his eyes . . well, that hadn't turned out to be true. the energy you drew on so extravagantly when you were a kid, the energy you thought would never exhaust itself—that slipped away somewhere between eighteen and twenty-four, to be replaced by something much duller . . purpose, maybe, or goals . . source: king, stephen. it. new york: penguin, 1987. print.

which word describes the tone in this excerpt best?

optimistic
nostalgic
ironic
romantic

nostalgic

In this excerpt the speaker is describing how childhood has a magical quality that slips away. He says that the feeling he is currently having is one from his childhood, which indicates that he has not felt it in some time. He says that the energy seemed to never exhaust itself, almost as though it's magic. However, he then states that the feeling or energy slipped away as he grew older. This best fits with the tone of nostalgic. Nostalgia is a longing for something that was once had, but no longer. This is exactly what this excerpt is describing. The speaker has a desire for this magical energetic quality he once had in his childhood but no longer does.

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multiple settings

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novels have multiple settings. a setting is a place or surrounding when a main event or event takes place. not everything happens in just one scene or setting. yes, there can be one *main* setting, but there is definitely not just one. b is incorrect. novels do not have limited characters. there are many characters in a novel, depending on how many the writer wishes to add in. c is incorrect. there is not just a single theme. there are many themes. another word for "theme" is the subject. there can be many subjects and topics. once again, there are many, depending on however many the author wishes to add or include. d is incorrect. yes, novels *can* have no solutions, based on what the author would like. but typically, novels have a solution. the solution might be in "book 5", but there is normally still a solution.

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c. in order of atomic number