You there—you snake lurking in my house, sucking out my life’s blood so secretly. i’d no idea i was nurturing two pests, who aimed to rise against my throne. creon speaks these lines to ismene. what does the figurative language reveal about the speaker’s tone? the tone is passive. the tone is resigned. the tone is accusing. the tone is desperate.

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.