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But we pulled at the grill [on the ground] and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. … it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead. what is the most likely explanation for the walls described in the bold text?

Identify which stage of the listening process is occurring in the following scenario. on the way home from school, erik enthusiastically began telling his older brother gunter about an upcoming class field trip to the zoo. gunter looked up after a moment and said, "what? " as he pulled his earphones out of his ears. answers choices:

Describe one way that propaganda can appeal to peoples emotions