It must be, if the nebular hypothesis has any truth, older
than our world; and long before this earth ceased to be
molten, life upon its surface must have begun its course.
the fact that it is scarcely one seventh of the volume of
the earth must have accelerated its cooling to the
temperature at which life could begin.
-h. g. wells, the war of the worlds, 1898
what makes the tone of the passage formal and scientific?
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a. the narrator uses puns or wordplay to talk about the martians.
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b. the narrator speaks quickly and in concise sentences.
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c. the narrator quotes facts about mars and sounds well educated.
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d. the narrator mentions death and destruction several times.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.