Question

select the text that has a more objective tone. the first recorded accounts of vampires follow a consistent pattern: some unexplained misfortune would befall a person, family or town—perhaps a drought dried up crops, or an infectious disease struck. before science could explain weather patterns and germ theory, any bad event for which there was not an obvious cause might be blamed on a vampire. in all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the vampire, a pariah even among demons. foul are his ravages; gruesome and seemingly barbaric are the ancient and approved methods by which folk must rid themselves of this hideous pest. from benjamin radford, \vampires: fact, fiction and folklore,\ copyright 2014 by punch and from montague summers, \vampires and vampirism,\ copyright 1929 by e. p. dutton

Explanation:

To determine the more objective text, we analyze the tone of each passage. The first text presents information about vampire accounts in a factual, neutral way, explaining how misfortunes were blamed on vampires before scientific explanations existed. It uses neutral language and focuses on describing historical and cultural context without emotional or judgmental language. The second text uses subjective and emotive language like "darkest pages," "terrible tradition," "hideous pest," and "gruesome," which shows a biased, opinionated tone. So the first text has a more objective tone.

Answer:

The first recorded accounts of vampires follow a consistent pattern: Some unexplained misfortune would befall a person, family or town—perhaps a drought dried up crops, or an infectious disease struck. Before science could explain weather patterns and germ theory, any bad event for which there was not an obvious cause might be blamed on a vampire.