How does hyperbole affect the meaning of this sentence from the count of monte cristo, in which dantès hears unusual sounds from his prison cell?
he guessed something uncommon was passing among the living; but he had so long ceased to have any intercourse with the world, that he looked upon himself as dead.
- it describes how prisoners react to a change in their routine.
- it shows how unhappy and demoralized dantès is in prison.
- it reveals dantès's strong desire to rejoin the world.
- it compares the dantès of the past to the one now in prison.

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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.)