Which text has the most melodramatic tone? Sasha felt her life force slipping away as she waited in line at the post office.
The ticking of the clock, the shuffling of customers' feet, the gravelly voice of
the postal worker--the noises drowned out Sasha's optimistic inner voice,
leaving only a deep exhaustion.
With a shaky hand, Jordan dropped his letter into the mailbox. Soon Senator
Cregg would take it from a stack of incoming mail. Jordan tried to imagine
how she would react to his ideas: would she smile at his optimism? Scowl at
his impracticality? Well, he'd soon find out.
Mail carriers start their day early. At the post office, mail carriers sort and
prepare the mail for their daily routes. Then, they travel the route, collecting
outgoing mail and delivering incoming mail to homes and businesses.
From her viewpoint at the front desk, Rosa saw the post office as a well-oiled
machine. Visitors moved through efficiently like cars on a conveyor belt; staff
moved through them as efficiently as workers on an assembly line.