Directions: Select all the correct answers.
Which two sentences contain incorrect punctuation?
One question that society finds problematic to answer is what energy sources will people
utilize when the earth is drained of natural resources such as coal or oil.
Upon discovering the errors in the film —the abusive remarks—the movie release was
immediately postponed and was sent back to the editors for correction.
Maintaining hygiene is a good way to keep illnesses at bay; this can be done by washing
hands, brushing teeth, and bathing regularly.
The American writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau comments that by simplifying
one's life, "the laws of the universe will appear less complex."
The adrenaline produced in our body during a confrontation leads to two possible responses
by the person run away to safety, or stand one's ground and fight.
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Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the first martian exits the spacecraft.a sudden chill came over me. there was a loud shriek from a woman behind. i half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. i saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. i looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. i stood petrified and staring.what option accurately analyzes the impact of the narrator's thoughts and actions on the tone of the excerpt? the war of the worldsa disdainful tone is created as the narrator ponders the ugliness of the tentacles and turns to the shrieking woman.a melancholy tone is created by the narrator's thoughts of fear and refusal to avert his eyes.a tone of determination is created when the narrator thinks of escape and backs away from the edge of the pit.a fearful tone is created through the narrator's thoughts of horror and his glance at the cylinder.