Read the passage: the woman said, "um-hum! you thought i was going to say but, didn't you? you thought i was going to say, but i didn't snatch people's pocketbooks. well, i wasn't going to say that." pause. silence. "i have done things, too, which i would not tell you, son—neither tell god, if he didn't already know. so you set down while i fix us something to eat. you might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable." which best describes how the tone in this passage develops the theme? question 5 options: the tone in this passage goes from suspenseful to joyful. the tone develops the theme that working hard is the best way to overcome poverty. the tone in this passage shifts from suspenseful to comforting. the tone develops the theme that compassion and generosity can come from unexpected places. the tone in the passage remains suspenseful. the tone develops the theme that people aren't always what they seem. the tone in the passage goes from suspenseful to terrifying. the tone develops the theme that crime doesn't pay.

The tone in this passage shifts from suspenseful to comforting. The tone develops the theme that compassion and generosity can come from unexpected places.

The passage begins with a suspenseful tone because we are unsure of what the woman is going to say next. She caught the boy trying to steal her pocketbook and dragged him home with her. It switches to comforting when she reveals that she has done things she wasn't proud of and tells the boy that she's going to fix them something to eat. She then tells him to fix his hair. These are all affectionate things that show she is offering compassion and generosity.

write a five paragraph essay, you were taught to have three body paragraphs. a university essay is more flexible than that, depending on its length and on what it is trying to say. a short university essay may have three body paragraphs, but it may have more.

in the story "marionettes inc," in the last line of the story, braling two is referred to by the narrator as the "someone." what does this new identifier imply and how does it add to the drama of the closing scene?