Which excerpt from "the adventure of the mysterious picture" conveys the playful tone of the passage?

a - the attention of the company was immediately turned to me; if my face had been pale the moment before, it now glowed almost to burning.

b - i tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace; and found all the muscles of my face twitching at sixes and sevens.

c - there is a picture in the room in which i was put last night, that has had an effect upon me the most singular and incomprehensible.

d - “a picture! ” said the old gentleman with the haunted head. “a picture! ” cried the narrator with the waggish nose. “a picture! a picture! ” echoed several voices.

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings