Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

in the engulfed calm after the storm
the relentless tom-tom of the rice-sprout song

how do the underlined words in this excerpt evoke a sense of time and place?

they refer to the music played in chang's new home.
they refer to a chinese folk dance that celebrates the harvest.
they refer to a chinese communist slogan.
they refer to a chinese nationalist victory.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.