The tone of a story is determined in large part by
a. its mood.
b. its genre.
c. the author's treatment of the characters in his or her story.
d. the author's attitude toward the subject upon which she or he writes.

Which statement is an example of a complex sentence? a. although he denies them, dr. vasquez faced several scandals last year. b. people tend to use too many clauses in sentences that should be simple. c. cars tend to be expensive, but airplanes are in a price range of their own. d. i am in favor of proposition 1, and i am also in favor of proposition 16.