Question

Which of the following BEST identifies a place in "Lewis and Clark: Journal Entries" where a reader's tone would change to alarm if this text were read on a radio show?

"we took the advantage of a low tide and moved our Camp around a point a Short distance to a Small wet bottom at the mouth of a Small Creek, which we had not observed when we first Came to this Cove…"


"...the wind increased to a Storm from the S. S. E. and blew with violence throwing the water of the river with emence waves out of its banks almost over whelming us in water, O! how horriable is the day—..."


"…purchased some Wapto roots for which was given, brass armbans and rings of which the Squars were fond."


"…having made up our minds to remain until the 1st of April…"

Answer 1

The second excerpt:

"...the wind increased to a Storm from the S. S. E. and blew with violence throwing the water of the river with emence waves out of its banks almost over whelming us in water, O! how horriable is the day—..."

Reason: it describes immediate danger — violent wind and waves nearly overwhelming them — and ends with an exclamation of horror, which would naturally shift a reader's tone to alarm.