Select the correct answer. What is the author's tone in this line from William Dean Howells's "Editha"?

Then Editha's father said in his public-will-now-address-a-few remarks tone, "My name is Balcom, ma’am; Junius Balcom, of Balcom's Works, NewYork. . . ."

A.
angry
B.
solemn
C.
sarcastic
D.
moralistic

In a five-paragraph literary analysis essay, explain how each author develops the common theme. compare and contrast how the authors develop this theme by referencing specific literary devices and techniques in your response.

Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of the awakening. they chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “the poet and the peasant.” what is the correct meaning of the word “aspect” based on its usage in the excerpt? character negativity performance boredom

"the beginning of the massai" which excerpt best justifies this conclusion