Read the excerpt from act i, scene i of romeo and juliet. capulet: what noise is this? give me my long sword, o! lady capulet: a crutch, a crutch! why call you for a sword? capulet: my sword, i say! old montague is come, and flourishes his blade in spite of me. what is the purpose of this dialogue? a. to foreshadow the tragedy b. to describe the setting c. to provide comic relief d. to build suspense

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explanation:

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)