A large mural decorates one wall of the community center. Some artist painted the mural last year. The mural shows groups of children singing, playing soccer, and reading books. Which statement best explains why a writer might revise the second sentence to use passive voice rather than active voice?

The writer wants to emphasize how the mural is different from other murals.
The writer hopes to conceal the name of the artist who painted the mural.
The writer does not know the name of the person who painted the mural.

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful

Retell the main events of this story as jerry might tell them to his best friend when he returns from vacation or to his own son later in life. in the story through the tunnel

Which statement best describes edwards’s views in "sinners in the hands of an angry god"?