In response to a letter he had received from a little girl wondering if her friends were right about Santa Clause's existence, Francis P. Church wrote:
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not
believe except (what) they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All
minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant,
in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping
the whole of truth and knowledge.
Which of these best describes this type of published response?
editorial
feature article
essay
outobiographical sketch

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.