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Read these excerpts from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday:
You know, the Tai-me bundle is not very big, but it is full of power.
Once Aho went to see the Tai-me keeper's wife. The two of them
were sitting together, passing the time of day, when they heard an
awful noise, as if a tree or some other very heavy object had
fallen down.
There was a great iron kettle which stood outside of my
grandmother's house next to the south porch. It was huge and
immovable, or so I thought when I was a child; I could not
imagine that anyone had strength enough to lift it up.
Which statement best describes the tones of the two passages?
OA. The first passage uses direct commands to create a tone of authority
and dominance; the second passage takes on a more submissive tone
by being excessively polite.
B. The first passage uses expressions such as "you know" to create a
conversational tone; the second passage refers to details from the
narrator's childhood to create a reflective tone.
OC. The first passage uses philosophical questions to create a thoughtful
tone; the second passage uses heavy analysis to create a tone that
keeps the reader at an emotional distance.
OD. The first passage uses academic words to create a formal, scholarly
tone; the second passage creates a similar tone by avoiding any
expressions that might be considered emotional.