Read this excerpt from margaret frink's memoir: the deafening noise and halloing that this army of people kept up, made the alarm in the river more intense. the quicksand and the uncertainty of depth of water kept all in a state of anxiety. our horses would sometimes be in water no more than a foot deep; then, in a moment, they would go down up to their collars. what is the mood of this excerpt?
a. fun
b. relieved
c. exhilarating
d. stylized

Exhilarating

In literature, "mood" refers to the general feeling that a piece creates within the reader through the use of words and descriptions.

In this excerpt, the author gives several descriptions that make the situation sound difficult, unpredictable and exciting, such as: "deafening noise," "made the alarm... more intense," and "a state of anxiety." These words evoke an exhilarating feeling in the reader.

chronological thinking is an indispensable tool to structure a historical narrative and to give meaning to a sequence of events. the final section presents the results of a survey to test the chronological thinking of lower secondary school students carried out by the educational research institute.