Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

early in february, within a fortnight from the receipt of willoughby’s letter, elinor had the painful office of informing her sister that he was married. she had taken care to have the intelligence conveyed to herself, as soon as it was known that the ceremony was over, as she was desirous that marianne should not receive the first notice of it from the public papers, which she saw her eagerly examining every morning.

she received the news with resolute composure; made no observation on it, and at first shed no tears; … (sense and sensibility, chapter 32, pp. 10–11)

what is particularly striking about this excerpt?

elinor realizes that she must tell marianne of this marriage.
marianne is beginning to show restraint and sense in her actions.
elinor wants marianne to learn of this marriage privately rather than publicly.
it has only been one season since willoughby and marianne were displaying romantic feelings toward each other.

Which best describes the tone in these lines "the fish"

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Respect for the environment means a: loving trees and animals b: not drinking out of streams c: making as little impact as possible on wilderness areas d: only using resources that are high in supply