Wash remembers the police as "the ultimate terror . . you saw the police, you ran. it was automatic." why were the police so frightening? "it was a rare weekend passed," wash said, "that one or two folk . . didn't get killed by the police . . this is what they'd do to you: they'd call you and make you stick your head in the window [of the police car] . . and then they would roll the window up . . and then they'd hit you on your head . . they'd beat people to death." as a result, he said, parents could scare unruly children into minding them by threatening, "the police gonna get you."

what is the tone of the excerpt?

shocking
mischievous
rational
hesitant

Read the corporate document. all employees of cozy clothes ltd. are entitled to a 40 percent discount on regularly priced merchandise and a 20 percent discount on sale-priced merchandise. to apply this discount to an employee purchase, follow this procedure: 1. enter the purchaser’s employee id number into the cash register when prompted. 2. apply the appropriate discount. 3. apply sales tax. 4. print an additional copy of the sales receipt. initial both copies. 5. add the additional copy to the register drawer to be included with the nightly closeout report. what is the purpose of the numbering in this document? to indicate steps in a process to emphasize supporting ideas to signal the text’s main ideas to show the meaning of policies