In which of the following excerpts does the author most plainly use setting to contribute to the tone of his story? a."she spoke a few words in a foreign tongue in a tone as though asking a question …"b."but madam, … i cannot possibly leave until i have seen the machine."c."suddenly a door opened at the other end of the passage, and a long, golden bar of light shot out in our direction."d."he shot one of his suspicious looks at me. 'perhaps we had better proceed to business, then.'"

A

Explanation:

The words 'foreign tongue' and 'as though asking a question' suggests that the lady in question has a different nationality from the others. This establish that the setting is a land/nation different from the lady's origin

d seems accurate. maybe they wanted to see if anyone would actually like it. people seem to just like any simple thing on social media so it makes sense for an experiment to be conducted just to see if it would actually

sorry if its wrong i tried. i'm also sorry i'm awkward and bad at explaining