Which excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture" conveys the playful tone of the passage? The attention of the company was immediately turned to me; if my face had been pale the moment before, it now glowed almost to burning.
I tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace; and found all the muscles of my face twitching at sixes and sevens.
There is a picture in the room in which I was put last night, that has had an effect upon me the most singular and incomprehensible.
“A picture!” said the old gentleman with the haunted head. “A picture!” cried the narrator with the waggish nose. “A picture! a picture!” echoed several voices.

What is tomas paine's central claim in this excerpt

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e. g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.

Edgar allan poe's annabel lee should be considered rather then a literal