Which of the following is true regarding audience? a. words and examples must be chosen appropriately to address the audience. b. if you don't address your intended audience, there is still a good chance that your message will be conveyed successfully. c. an author should write for himself first; the audience is secondary. d. consideration of the audience is less important than the message of an essay.

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.

Choose the sentence that is not logically connected in the paragraph. (1) it all happened late one night after the family had gone to bed. (2) jack was lying in bed when he remembered he had left the groceries on the back seat of the car. in the paper bag was a carton of ice cream. (3) the ice cream would melt during the warm summer night. (4) he put it in the refrigerator.

What evidence in "helen grey" supports the idea that helen grey is an unpleasant person?