Read the following passage and then respond to the directions below. slow down! light rail may be the best thing for phoenix or the worst. the point is, we don't know. let's take our time in making this multibillion dollar decision. after all, which would you rather be responsible for, revolutionizing our commute system or funding a mobile homeless shelter? join me in giving city planners more time to analyze whether phoenix is the place for light rail. vote "no." explain how the argument illustrates the either-or fallacy and why that fallacy makes the argument weak.

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.