Read the following sentence from "And of Clay Are We Created."
The towns in the valley went about their daily life, deaf to the moaning of the earth, until that fateful Wednesday night in November when a prolonged roar announced the end of the world, and walls of snow broke loose, rolling in an avalanche of clay, stones, and water that descended on the villages and buried them beneath unfathomable meters of telluric vomit.
Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the setting?
(1 point)
Responses
angered
angered
cautionary
cautionary
menacing
menacing
negative
negative
Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He followed her till they came to a muddied river. She moved as if an invisible force were trying to blow her away. Omovo saw capsized canoes and trailing, waterlogged clothes on the dark water. He saw floating items of sacrifice: loaves of bread in polythene wrappings, gourds of food, Coca-Cola cans. When he looked at the canoes again they had changed into the shapes of swollen dead animals. He saw outdated currencies on the riverbank. He noticed the terrible smell in the air.
Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the setting?
(1 point)
Responses
gloomy and oppressive
gloomy and oppressive
shocking and surprising
shocking and surprising
mysterious and threatening
mysterious and threatening
frightening and overwhelmed