Here we again heard alarming and discouraging accounts of deeds of violence and bloodshed that had recently been committed on the plains, along the route that we were very soon to travel over.

which statement best describes the effect of word choice on the tone of the excerpt?

a. words like "violence" and "bloodshed" give the excerpt a threatening tone.
b. words like "accounts" and "travel" give the excerpt an exciting tone.
c. words like "again" and "along" give the excerpt an anticipatory tone.
d. words like "committed" and "deeds" give the excerpt a sinister tone.

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.