In this excerpt from section xviii of the way to rainy mountain, the author describes his relationship to the space around him. you could see far and wide even at night, by the light of the moon; there was nothing to stand in your way. and when the season turned and it was necessary to move back into the house, there was a sense of confinement and depression for a time. what does this description convey about the author? he finds mystical power in the nighttime sky. he connects the emotion of the people to the condition of the land and seasons. he knows that with the change of seasons the end of the kiowa culture is looming. he faces depression when he has to be in large spaces alone.

What does the line most likely show about the setting of the scene?

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the first martian exits the spacecraft.a sudden chill came over me. there was a loud shriek from a woman behind. i half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. i saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. i looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. i stood petrified and staring.what option accurately analyzes the impact of the narrator's thoughts and actions on the tone of the excerpt? the war of the worldsa disdainful tone is created as the narrator ponders the ugliness of the tentacles and turns to the shrieking woman.a melancholy tone is created by the narrator's thoughts of fear and refusal to avert his eyes.a tone of determination is created when the narrator thinks of escape and backs away from the edge of the pit.a fearful tone is created through the narrator's thoughts of horror and his glance at the cylinder.

Is the underlined word a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective? could that animal have been an alligator or a *crocodile*? a. predicate adjective b. predicate nominative crocodile is the underlined word.