The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the
shadow.. Then something resembling a little gray snake,
about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the
writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and
then another
War of the Worlds (radio broadcast) by Orson Welles
Good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow
like a gray snake. Now it's another one, and another. They
look like tentacles to me
Both passages describe the same scene but do so in different ways. Which
sentence best describes the different tones of the passages?
O A The radio broadcast is more surprising because it's told in the
present tense
B. The radio broadcast is more matter-of-fact because the speaker
does not sound surprised,
C. The novel is scarier because of the longer sentences,
O D. The novel is more frightening because it is told in the past tense.