Read this excerpt from james baldwin's "notes of a native son": and, with that sound, my frozen blood abruptly thawed, i returned from wherever i had been, i saw, for the first time, the restaurant, the people with their mouths open, already, as it seemed to me, rising as one man, and i realized what i had done, and where i was, and i was frightened. i rose and began running for the door. which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it establishes a mood of sympathy by showing that baldwin was frightened. b. it repeats the word i to emphasize baldwin's thoughts on the rage he displays. c. it lists baldwin's actions to illustrate how others reacted to him. d. it repeats the word was to emphasize that baldwin is embarrassed.

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.