The power of a sentence or a line of poetry to produce a reaction in the reader lies mainly in the connotations (the suggested meaning) of
words. Consider the final image in the poem, "knotted with love the
quilts sing on.” What are the denotations of the words knotted and
sing? What are their connotations? Discuss the connotations of the
words knotted and sing.

what do you mean

by our hard work

for that

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)