Which word from the passage has the strongest effect on the tone and mood? We snuck into the basketball team's holiday dinner, despite the fact that we weren't invited. But even though we crashed the event, the team members were really friendly and even offered us some extra turkey and stuffing. O A. dinner O B. invited O C. crashed O D. turkey

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.