Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." rainsford did not want to believe what his reason told him was true, but the truth was as evident as the sun that had by now pushed through the morning mists. the general was playing with him! the general was saving him for another day's sport! the cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. then it was that rainsford knew the full meaning of terror. "i will not lose my nerve. i will not." he slid down from the tree, and struck off again into the woods. his face was set and he forced the machinery of his mind to function. three hundred yards from his hiding place he stopped where a huge dead tree leaned precariously on a smaller, living one. throwing off his sack of food, rainsford took his knife from its sheath and began to work with all his energy. rudy is writing an essay about "the most dangerous game.” which detail from the excerpt best supports his idea that rainsford experiences the fear of a hunted animal while in the jungle? rainsford did not want to believe what his reason told him was true, but the truth was as evident as the sun that had by now pushed through the morning mists. the cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. then it was that rainsford knew the full meaning of terror. he slid down from the tree, and struck off again into the woods. his face was set and he forced the machinery of his mind to function. three hundred yards from his hiding place he stopped where a huge dead tree leaned precariously on a smaller, living one.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.