Read the passage.

mommy song

"mommy's calling somebody important now, maya. look! over there is the racetrack that makes lots of noise and plays ‘turkey in the straw’ and spits the racecars out and drives mommy sort of bonkers! okay . . hi, professor ricks. it's ruby clay. yeah, i'm okay. i'm a little bit stressed at the moment, but i'm okay. i have a question . ."

which statement best reflects how the language in this passage serves the author’s purpose?

a- the speaker feigns excitement and uses simple language to try to influence her daughter and then speaks more authentically to let the professor know how she’s feeling.

b- the speaker refers to herself in the third person to confuse and distract her daughter and then uses casual language to make the professor feel comfortable.

c- the speaker uses humorous language to be playful with her daughter and then uses formal language to impress the professor.

d- the speaker uses harsh language to reprimand her daughter and then speaks to the professor as though they are colleagues.

Which excerpts from the war of the worldseffectively use setting to provide a contrast to the horror of the plot? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldshe remained standing at the edge of the pit that the thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance, astonished chiefly at its unusual shape and colour, and dimly perceiving even then some evidence of design in its arrival. the early morning was wonderfully still, and the sun, just clearing the pine trees towards weybridge, was already warm.they shouted consolation and promises, and went off back to the town again to get . one can imagine them, covered with sand, excited and disordered, running up the little street in the bright sunlight just as the shop folks were taking down their shutters and people were opening their bedroom windows.it was glaringly hot, not a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind, and the only shadow was that of the few scattered pine trees. the burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke.an enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. the heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn.