Which sentence has a formal style and tone?
a) we will never listen to the lies of politicians again! never! never!
b) i ain't never received any employment benefits, and i ain't ever going to do so.
c) people shouldn't never depend on government handouts in order to make it through their debts.
d) the editorial debate continues over whether or not unemployment benefits should remain available.

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.