Question 8 of 13 Which statement best evaluates the effect of adding descriptive detail in
the second version of the passage?
Passage 1:
My brother was in the house, and I was sitting under the kitchen
sink.
"Jaxon!" I said. I listened for his footsteps, but still no sound.
"Jaxon!" I called again. I waited to hear some noise. Ten seconds
went by and then 30, but still no sound.
Passage 2:
My little brother was roaming free in the house, and I was stuck
under the kitchen sink.
"Jaxon!" I called tensely. Squeezing my eyes shut, I listened
intently for footsteps but heard nothing. "Jaxon!" I yelled again,
panic rising in my voice. Ten seconds went by, then 20 more, but I
never heard a peep.
A. It helps the reader sense Jaxon's feelings of fear.
B. It helps the reader feel the narrator's sadness,
C. It helps the reader predict what will happen next.
D. It helps the reader relate to the narrator's feelings of panic.

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

The black night was split open like the coconut

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the first martian exits the spacecraft.a sudden chill came over me. there was a loud shriek from a woman behind. i half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. i saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. i looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. i stood petrified and staring.what option accurately analyzes the impact of the narrator's thoughts and actions on the tone of the excerpt? the war of the worldsa disdainful tone is created as the narrator ponders the ugliness of the tentacles and turns to the shrieking woman.a melancholy tone is created by the narrator's thoughts of fear and refusal to avert his eyes.a tone of determination is created when the narrator thinks of escape and backs away from the edge of the pit.a fearful tone is created through the narrator's thoughts of horror and his glance at the cylinder.