Question

In general, readers today have a better understanding of science than readers in 1898. How would the tone of the passage's narrator have affected readers in 1898 versus readers today?
A.It would have seemed more credible, since the narrator speaks with scientific authority.
B.It would have seemed more frightening, since the narrator is so knowledgeable about science. C.It would have seemed far too complicated to understand.
D.It would have seemed more insulting, since the narrator seems to belittle the readers.
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Answer 1

i think it's D

Answer 2

not sure though

Answer 3

I can't see the file.. ;-;

Answer 4

Try resending it.. :o

Answer 5

"The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun at a
mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the
sun is barely half of that received by this world. It must be, if the nebular
hypothesis has any truth, older than our world; and long before this earth ceased to
be molten, life upon its surface must have begun its course. The fact that it is
scarcely one seventh of the volume of the earth must have accelerated its cooling
to the temperature at which life could begin. It has air and water and all that is
necessary for the support of animated existence.
"Yet so vain is man, and so blinded by his vanity, that no writer, up to the very end
of the nineteenth century, expressed any idea that intelligent life might have
developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level. Nor was it generally
understood that since Mars is older than our earth, with scarcely a quarter of the
superficial area and remoter from the sun, it necessarily follows that it is not only
more distant from time's beginning but nearer its end."
— H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (New York:

Answer 6

That will also work.. Hold on xD

Answer 7

isn't it D because today scientists discovered that there is no water or air on mars

Answer 8

ok :)

Answer 9

From what I read I would believe it's D too.. o3o

Answer 10

ok thnks for helping out ^_^

Answer 11

Aigoo it was A -facepalm- its ok its ok TAT

Answer 12

Does it tell you why it was A? :o

Answer 13

nope thats what i hate the most but i have another question last one too mind helping?

Answer 14

What grade are you in? xD

Answer 15

9

Answer 16

homeschooled

Answer 17

I'm in 7th but I'm good at english..Kinda..I'll help you Just tag meh.. c:

Answer 18

oki :D