Which word best describes the tone of this passage?
i imagine a day when i can wake up, eyes clear and untroubled. wake up and think, what should i do today? the sad reality is that i feel this urge, an invisible clock ticking, spurring me to action. i wonder if it's just me. what of the countless others i see, rushing about with hurried steps and harried faces? are they pursued by the invisible hand of time too? they, i know, are its slaves, just as much as i am.
meditative
outlandish
desperate
sarcastic

Read this excerpt from edgar allen poe the masque of the red death and answer the question that follows. what kind of writing does the excerpt represent? here the case was very diffierent, as might have been expected from the dukes love

Which of these excerpts from margaret frink's memoir makes heaviest use ofimagery? oa. the bottom was divided off into little compartments orcupboards. after putting in our provisions, and other baggage, afloor was constructed over all, on which our mattress was laid. ffob. the wagon was packed and we were all ready to start on thetwenty-seventh day of march. he. ww. as born and raised in thweslelend& rnewyork. i, margaret ann alsip, his wife, was born in maryland, thoughpartly raised in virginia, on the banks of the potomac river. inod. we situated ourselves one hundred and twenty-five miles fromcheviot, in the town of martinsville, the county seat of morgancounty, indiana. w

Why might carl sandburg have placed an emphasis on politeness among the animals in the committee of sixty six and in the interactions the animals have with humans in "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat"? a. to show that animals are more polite than humans b. to poke fun at the extreme politeness of the animals c. to teach children how to interact with adults d. to teach children how to interact with animals asap