In a paragraph of at least three sentences, explain the mood of this excerpt from little brother. provide details from the text to support your answer. when they took the hood off again, i was in a cell. the cell was old and crumbled, and smelled of sea air. there was one window high up, and rusted bars guarded it. it was still dark outside. there was a blanket on the floor and a little metal toilet without a seat, set into the wall. the guard who took off my hood grinned at me and closed the solid steel door behind him. [giving 13 points]

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir