What do you infer about the speaker’s state of mind in the opening stanza? What are some words that clue you in?

How does Etheridge’s use of anaphora (repetition at the beginnings of lines) affect her message? What feeling does this repetition develop?

What might Etheridge mean by the lines “Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth / To listen to an inconvenient truth” (lines 22-23)? What is the impact of these lines? How do they connect to her overall message?

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the second option.is correct

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.)

i think the answer your looking for is

enforced