Read the excerpt from h. g. wells's the war of the worlds. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! " a boy came running towards me. "it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; "a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am." i went on to the crowd. there were really, i should think, two or three hundred people elbowing and jostling one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active.

how does the author use tone to create an aesthetic impact in the excerpt?

a)through vivid adjectives
b)through tense dialogue
c)through expert testimony
d)through background information

You have been given an assignment to speak on the federal prison system in the u.s. which of the following sources is likely to be the least credible? a. an interview with an inmate of a federal prison b. the us department of justice “federal bureau of prisons” website: c. the website [] which discusses the danger of releasing an alarming number of convicts back into society d. an article from foxnews.com about the florida state penitentiary

Read the excerpt how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale. which idea does the author introduce first

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend