“the romantic era” is the first unit in this course that has featured literature in prose form (novels). today, fiction is the most popular form of literature, and romantic poetry especially is said to appeal to a broader audience than the poetry of earlier eras. as a reader, do you feel this is true? how accessible do you find the literature of the romantic era? which texts were more accessible than others? what about these texts made them easier to comprehend and/or enjoy?

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds. a large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded. as soon as ogilvy saw me among the staring crowd on the edge of the pit he called to me to come down, and asked me if i would mind going over to see lord hilton, the lord of the manor. the growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys. which context clues effectively indicate the meaning of the word excavations as it is used in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)edge of the pitamong the staring crowdhad been uncoveredwas still embedded