Melody Hughes

English

2 March, 08:13

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the

shadow. Then something resembling a little gray snake,

about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the

writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me - and

then another.

The War of the Worlds (radio broadcast) by Orson Welles

Good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow

like a gray snake. Now it's another one, and another. They

look like tentacles to me.

Which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book

compared to the passage from the radio broadcast?

A. The book has an angrier tone

B. The book has a more surprised tone,

C. The book has a scarier tone

D. The book has a more matter-of-fact tone.