Read this excerpt about the vietnam war from "ambush" by tim o'brien:
when she was nine, my daughter kathleen asked if i had ever killed
anyone. she knew about the war, she knew i'd been a soldier. "you
keep writing war stories," she said, "so i guess you must've killed
somebody." it was a difficult moment, but i did what seemed right,
which was to say, "of course not," and then to take her onto my lap
and hold her for a while. someday, i hope, she'll ask again. but here !
want to pretend she's a grown-up. i want to tell her exactly what
happened, or what i remember happening, and then i want to say to
her that as a little girl she was absolutely right. this is why i keep
writing war stories:
he was a short, slender young man of about twenty. i was afraid of
him-afraid of something and as he passed me on the trail i threw a
grenade that exploded at his feet and killed
even now i haven't finished sorting it out. sometimes i forgive myself,
other times i don't. in the ordinary hours of life i try not to dwell on it,
but now and then, when i'm reading a newspaper or just sitting alone
in a room, i'll look up and see the young man coming out of the
morning fog. i'll watch him walk toward me, his shoulders slightly
stooped, his head cocked to the side, and he'll pass within a few
yards of me and suddenly smile at some secret thought and then
continue up the trail to where it bends back into the fog.

how does the author's specific word choice and stylistic devices affect the excerpt's tone? be
sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Plzz me between what two words does the ellipses appear in the following sentence? "the his breakfast." "the" and "cat" "cat" and "ate" "ate" and "his" "his" and "breakfast"

21) this excerpt involves david, who travels with an inventor named perry. they test their experimental invention, a vehicle that burrows into the earth's crust. which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans are not always reliable guides. b) humans desire wealth and a life of ease. c) humans are drawn to explore and experiment. d) humans attempt to conquer and control nature. 22) which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans desire to control nature. b) humans are frightened by nature. c) humans are fascinated by nature. d) humans cannot understand nature. 23) 8 “what do you mean perry? ” i cried. “do you think that we are dead, and this is heaven? ” suppose the author changed section eight as listed below. 8 “perry, i have to object! ” i cried. “you don't think that we are dead, and this is heaven, do you? ” which correctly identifies the author's meaning for the word object? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word object. a) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a noun and means a goal or purpose. b) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a verb and means to express or feel disapproval. c) you would stress the first and second syllable because the word is a verb and means to modify an adjective. d) you would stress the first syllable because the word is a noun and means a thing that has a finite, physical form. 24) 2 together we stepped out to stand in silent contemplation of a landscape at once weird and beautiful. before us a low and level shore stretched down to a silent sea. as far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles—some of towering, barren, granitic rock—others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms. 3 behind us rose a dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns intermingled with the commoner types of a primeval tropical forest. huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches. upon the outer verge we could see the same splendid coloring of countless blossoms that glorified the islands, but within the dense shadows all seemed dark and gloomy as the grave. which most completely analyzes this excerpt for a comment about life? a) beauty is kind and inviting. b) nature is evil and forbidding. c) there is no risk in following beauty. d) what appears beautiful can also be deadly.

How is the word laud and welcome different