Which BEST describes a connection between these three texts? a)Each text gives detailed history of the life of the poet, Walt Whitman. b)Each text closely examines the nighttime skies through the eyes of a scientist c)Each text deals with the idea of common people experiencing the world's beauty D) None of these represent a connection that can be made between these particular three texts.

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion