<em>Answer:</em> <em>The author's word choice help to express the tone of the excerpt since The negative connotations of the words "tensely," "clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.</em>
<em>Explanation:</em> <em>Hopefully this helps you. (Pls don't report this if it is wrong)</em>
There are 5 uppercase vowels (A..E..I..O..U..) and 21 uppercase constonants( 26 letters in the alphabet minus the 5 vowels) and 9 non zero numbers.
5×21×9= 945
