Read the following sentence from "And of Clay Are We Created." The towns in the valley went about their daily life, deaf to the moaning of the earth, until that fateful Wednesday night in November when a prolonged roar announced the end of the world, and walls of snow broke loose, rolling in an avalanche of clay, stones, and water that descended on the villages and buried them beneath unfathomable meters of telluric vomit. Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the setting? (1 point) Responses angered angered cautionary cautionary menacing menacing negative

Answer 1

The mood created by the speaker and the setting can be described as menacing and negative. The use of words like "moaning," "prolonged roar," "avalanche," "buried," and "unfathomable meters of telluric vomit" all contribute to a sense of danger and destruction.

Answer 2

Read the following sentence from "And of Clay Are We Created." The towns in the valley went about their daily life, deaf to the moaning of the earth, until that fateful Wednesday night in November when a prolonged roar announced the end of the world, and walls of snow broke loose, rolling in an avalanche of clay, stones, and water that descended on the villages and buried them beneath unfathomable meters of telluric vomit. Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the setting? (1 point) Responses
angered angered
cautionary cautionary
menacing menacing
negative

Answer 3

The most accurate description of the mood created by the speaker and the setting in this sentence is "menacing". The use of phrases such as "moaning of the earth," "prolonged roar," "announced the end of the world," and "buried them beneath unfathomable meters of telluric vomit" all contribute to a sense of impending danger and fear.