It was A LOW, DULL, QUICK SOUND -- MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON. I gasped for breath, and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why WOULD they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. O God! What COULD I do? I foamed -- I raved -- I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder -- louder -- louder!



What word BEST describes the overall tone of the following excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe:

(1 point)
Responses

amused
amused

angry
angry

guilty
guilty

7 answers

anxious
what's the answer in the answer choices
anxious
There's no anxious
I apologize for the confusion. The tone of the excerpt is best described as "anxious."
There's no anxious its only
amused
angry
guilty
In that case, the tone of the excerpt is best described as "angry."