Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which two sentences best show how the third-person point of view contributes to a feeling of excitement and suspense in the passage? excerpt from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Phileas Fogg rightly suspected that his departure from London would create a lively sensation at the West End. The news of the quest spread and afforded an interesting topic of conversation to many. From the neighborhood, it soon got into the papers throughout England. The boasted "tour of the world" was talked about, disputed, argued with much warmth and passion. Some took sides with Phileas Fogg, but the large majority shook their heads and declared against him. “It was absurd, impossible,” they declared, “that the tour of the world could be made.” The Times, Standard, Morning Post, and Daily News, and twenty other highly respectable newspapers labeled Mr. Fogg's project as ridiculous. The Daily Telegraph alone hesitatingly supported him. People in general thought he was foolish. Everything, it said, was against the travelers, every obstacle imposed alike by man and by nature.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. "The news of the quest spread and afforded an interesting topic of conversation to many."

2. "The Times, Standard, Morning Post, and Daily News, and twenty other highly respectable newspapers labeled Mr. Fogg's project as ridiculous."

Explanation:

This sentence would also fit into the question, however, the best two are above.

• The majority of people thought that Phileas Fogg's project was ridiculous and that it was impossible for the tour of the world to be made.

The third-person point of view in this chapter adds drama and tension by making the reader feel as though they are witnessing the events as they happen rather than being told about them after the fact. The use of the third person also gives a more objective view of what is going on, which makes the tension rise.