TOMMY That was the way they prepared things for the landing. They sent four people. A mother and a father and two kids who looked just like humans . . . but they weren't.
There's another silence as Steve looks toward the crowd and then toward Tommy. He wears a tight grin.

STEVE
Well, I guess what we'd better do then is to run a check on the neighborhood and see which ones of us are really human.
There's laughter at this, but it's a laughter that comes from a desperate attempt to lighten the atmosphere. It's a release kind of laugh.

—The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,
Rod Serling

Which type of characterization does the author use in this passage to show that Steve is patient and thoughtful?

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.

Marking brainliestwhy does lysander stop loving hermia and begin loving helena? the magical flower juice was accidentally put in his eyes, making him fall in love with the first person he saw. hermia acts jealous and mean, causing lysander to rethink his feelings for her. helena confides hermia's secret plan to runaway with demeetrius. the magical flower juice has the opposite effect than what was expected.

Clara claimed that she made her decision on her own and that it was totally unexpected. which best replaces the underlined word in this sentence? a. spontaneous b. planned c. likely d. fast