A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know. (a) A specter is a source of terror or dread. Why might Carson have chosen to use this word in the last sentence of the excerpt?
(b) What mood does this word choice create?
In Silent Spring

A) Carson has chosen this word in the last sentence of the excerpt to express his apprehension.  

B) The mood this word choice creates is tension as well as fear.  The words "grim specter" create an uneasy mood somewhat like fear.  Also this excerpt of the sentence proves the tension amid:

"has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know."

Explanation:

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while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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