Can someone me on this question, i'm stuck. here we again heard alarming and discouraging accounts of deeds of violence and bloodshed that had recently been committed on the plains, along the route that we were very soon to travel over. which statement best describes the effect of word choice on the tone of the excerpt? a. words like "deeds" and "committed" give the excerpt a threatening tone. b. words like "alarming" and "violence" give the excerpt a sinister tone. c. words like "again" and "soon" give the excerpt an expectant tone. d. works like "discouraging" and "bloodshed" give the excerpt a depressed tone.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.

In researching his history report about the civil war, why is ariq most likely to use secondary data than primary data?