Im in the test right now help please lol
Which sentence from Exploring the Titanic indicates a shift in tone?

As we settled in to the new ship, tension began to mount.
I thought that this must have happened when the Titanic sank.
I also hoped that cameras would succeed where sonar had failed.
The smell of hot buttered popcorn filled the room.

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?

1. the group spurned the newcomer and accepted him gladly.

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.