The planet mars, i scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun at a mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the sun is barely half of that received by this world. h. g. wells, the war of the worlds, 1898

what evidence leads you to believe that the tone of the passage is calm and intelligent? a. excessive punctuation and mixed-up wordsb. scientific-sounding words and facts about marsc. misleading or completely false informationd. short sentences and easy-to-understand language

The correct answer is B.

The passage creates an intelligent tone by using a word choice related with the scientific field, and by providing correct and exact information about the subject at hand, the planet Mars.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

the answer is d. she became an english professor at university of georgia.