Which excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street is an example of direct characterization? don approaches the group, stops a few feet away to stare toward the house, then looks back toward the group. the screen door opens and goodman comes out, a man in his early forties who first greets them smiling and then letting the smile fade as he sees the faces. as the people exchange looks. they've all arrived there on an emotion and when hit with a simple question of logic they can't answer. taking in little knots of people who stand around talking in low voices. at the end of each conversation, they look toward les goodman's house.

Which of the following best explains why the author chose the compare-and-contrast structure for paragraph 2

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point