Read this excerpt from extremely loud and incredibly close. i knew i could never let mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d’être, so what i did was i took dad’s emergency money from on top of his dresser, and i went to the radio shack on amsterdam. it was on a tv there that i saw that the first building had fallen. i bought the exact same phone and ran home and recorded our greeting from the first phone onto it. i wrapped up the old phone in the scarf that grandma was never able to finish because of my privacy, and i put that in a grocery bag, and i put that in a box, and i put that in another box, and i put that under a bunch of stuff in my closet, like my jewelry workbench and albums of foreign currencies. which word best describes the tone of this excerpt? deceitful sentimental methodical respectful

How do the authors differ in the way they present the war in "facing it" and "ambush"?

Which of the following is an appeal to reason? (5 points) a statistics or other facts that will bring audiences to a logical conclusion b positive references to the audience's sense of right versus wrong c strong organization and use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar d descriptions of events or places that have meanings to the audience

Armed with invisible ink, a cipher system, and a passion to end the war and preserve the union, elizabeth van lew became butler's eyes and ears in the confederate capital city. truth be told, however, she became much more than that. she became a spymaster, the person responsible for running a network of agents, couriers, and safe houses that was very active during the war. in addition to the spying, elizabeth van lew continued to maintain her church hill home as a safe house and something of a local union spy headquarters. —the dark game, paul janeczko what is the central idea of this passage? van lew’s home was used as a safe house, which was critical to the confederacy. van lew had a passion to end the war and preserve the union. van lew was a spymaster, a leading force in the espionage activities for the union. van lew did not enjoy working for general butler.