Read the selection below from the short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe and use your
knowledge of the story to answer the question that follows.
Amid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like
balm. I rushed to its deadly brink. I threw my straining vision below. The glare from the enkindled roof illumined its
inmost recesses. Yet, for a wild moment, did my spint refuse to comprehend the meaning of what I saw. At length it
forced-it wrestled its way into my soulit bumed itself in upon my shuddering reason. O for a voice to speak! -oh
horror-oh, any horror but this! With a shriek I rushed from the margin and buried my face in my hands-weeping
bitterly
Which torture does the passage above
being eaten alive by rats
being bumed alive
being killed by falling into a hole
being sliced open by a giant blade

Which revision best removes the informal language from this passage? (1) you should totally hire me to be your front deskreceptionist at your veterinary clinic because i loveanimals. (2) not only have l owned a wide array of pets, have also volunteered for three years at the crater valleyanimal shelter. (3) this experience would allow me to customers keep their animals calm and controlled whilethey wait for their appointments. oa. change only sentence 3 to 'this experience would allow me to customers keep their animals in an appropriate state ofanticipation while awaiting their appointments. ob. there is no informal language, so no change is necessary. oc. change only sentence 2 to not only have i owned a wide array ofpets, i have also volunteered for two years at the crater valleyanimal shelterod. change only sentence to believe that have the potential tosucceed as a receptionist formour veterinary office because i loveanimals