Read the following passage from Muir's "Calypso Borealis" and answer the question. But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on
the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had
found a soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung ...
Identify and explain the tone of this passage. What specific words contribute to the tone? Then, explain how the tone of the
passage would change if the words "puddle of gray algae in which its insignificant bleached bulb had fallen into a tangle of
twigs" replaced the words in bold. Be sure to identify the new tone and explain how the changed words create that tone. Your
response should be a paragraph of 3-5 sentences.

What is darrow’s main argument and the claims he makes in this excerpt? a. darrow argues that even if the boys are horrible monsters, their deaths will not solve the problems of society; he claims that society wants the boys to be executed because people enjoy watching public executions. b. he argues that the people who should be held responsible for the crime are leopold’s and loeb’s parents since they neglected their sons; he claims that leopold and loeb were jealous of the boy they killed because he had expensive belongings they could not afford. c. darrow argues that the boys should not face the death penalty; he claims they both suffer from mental illnesses that make them unable to tell the difference between a dream and reality. d. he argues that leopold and loeb, particularly dickie loeb, should not be executed; he claims they were teenagers who didn’t have proper adult guidance, so they are not responsible for what they did.