Question

select the passage that has a more melodramatic tone. oh, this journey! it was two hours cut clean out of his life, two hours in which he might have done so much, so much—written the perfect poem, for example, or read the one illuminating book. an ocean voyage is an excellent time for discussion. with no eavesdroppers around, we could loaf in our deck chairs and talk and talk. our absolute lack of facts only made the field of discussion wider. adapted from aldous huxley, crome yellow and charlotte perkins gilman, herland

Explanation:

The first passage uses exclamation "Oh, this journey!" and emphasizes the lost potential of two - hour time period in an exaggerated way, which is melodramatic. The second passage is a more matter - of - fact description of an ocean voyage being good for discussion.

Answer:

Oh, this journey! It was two hours cut clean out of his life, two hours in which he might have done so much, so much—written the perfect poem, for example, or read the one illuminating book.