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eighth grade > ★ c.3 compare passages for tone nsm
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select the passage that has a more interrogating tone.
rose maylie had rapidly grown worse; before midnight she was delirious. a medical practitioner pronounced her disorder to be one of a most alarming nature. oh! the suspense, the fearful, acute suspense, of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance!
then there was the peculiar dying reference to a rat. what could that mean? it could not be delirium. a man dying from a sudden blow does not commonly become delirious. no, it was more likely to be an attempt to explain how he met his fate. but what could it indicate?
adapted from charles dickens, oliver twist and arthur conan doyle, the adventures of sherlock holmes
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Explanation:

An interrogating tone is marked by questions seeking answers. The first passage uses emotional, dramatic language but no questions. The second passage asks repeated rhetorical questions ("What could that mean?", "But what could it indicate?") that reflect an interrogating, inquisitive tone.

Answer:

Then there was the peculiar dying reference to a rat. What could that mean? It could not be delirium. A man dying from a sudden blow does not commonly become delirious. No, it was more likely to be an attempt to explain how he met his fate. But what could it indicate?