Please help im on a timer. Read the following paragraph from the section "The Houses Of Timbuktu Were Not Made Of
Gold."
The houses of Timbuktu were not made of gold as Iken had imagined. Still, the effects of the
trade were evident in the city's diverse inhabitants, whose livelihoods centered around the
precious metal. Iken was overwhelmed by the multitude of different languages and cultures he
saw on the city streets. Iken saw many nomadic traders like his father, dressed in cotton tunics,
billowy trousers, and blue veils. They also walked among native Malinke merchants in bright,
colorful prints and Islamic scholars dressed in crisp white robes.
How does the author develop an awestruck tone in this paragraph?
O by including a description of the houses and words such as "evident" and "native"
O by including a variety of visual details and words such as "overwhelmed" and "multitude"
O by presenting a specific reference to the many nomadic traders like Iken's father
O by presenting a moment of Iken's surprise when the houses are not made of gold.

Which excerpt from the war of the worldseffectively reveals how the author relates the climax of the narrative through the narrator's thoughts? the war of the worldsall this had happened with such swiftness that i had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light. had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. but it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar. and then, with a renewed horror, i saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit. it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in, but showing as a little black object against the hot western sun. at that time it was quite clear in my own mind that the thing had come from the planet mars, but i judged it improbable that it contained any living creature. i thought the unscrewing might be automatic. my mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth. yet it was a little too large for assurance on this idea. i felt an impatience to see it opened.