English

Mckenzie Walsh

11 December, 15:46

Read this passage

It must be, if the nebular hypothesis has any truth, older

than our world; and long before this earth ceased to be

molten, life upon its surface must have begun its course.

The fact that it is scarcely one seventh of the volume of

the earth must have accelerated its cooling to the

temperature at which life could begin

-H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898

What makes the tone of the passage formal and scientific?

A. The narrator quotes facts about Mars and sounds well educated

B. The narrator mentions death and destruction several tings,

C. The narrator speaks quickly and in concise sentences,

D. The narrator uses puns or wordplay to talk about the Martians