Read the passage.

excerpt from "interview with simon ortiz" by laura coltelli

ortiz: essentially. it has to be. there's no other purpose for which a person lives. again, i refer to what my heritage is. it's a central philosophy: you don't speak, you don't live except on behalf of your people. you can't live, you are not alone; only because the people are you in existence.

refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this interview.

how does ortiz’s use of the second-person in this passage affect its tone?

it suggests that ortiz does not wish to speak about himself, giving the piece a defensive tone.

it signals that ortiz knows the interviewer well, which gives the piece its warm and friendly tone.

it conveys ortiz’s intelligence as a speaker and establishes a formal tone.

it to create an informal tone that makes the interview feel like a free exchange of ideas.

Kthe pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings; the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom of northern countries when winter comes. reread the two sentences in paragraph 7. what is the best way to improve these sentences. if there are no problems, choose correct as is.' a) correct as is. b) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings; the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom that the winter brings. c) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence meant the happiness that the sunlight brings, and the sorrow of all living things at his death meant the gloom of a northern winter. d) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings. the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom of northern countries when winter comes.