THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B).READ THE PASSAGE AS A WHOLE TO GETTHE TO...
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The correct answer is (B).
Read the passage as a whole to get
the tone, or how the author feels toward her subject. Apply
each of the answers and determine which word does not fit,
because this is a
not
question. The overall tone is a bit dark,
choice (A), which the reader can infer from the subject and
diction. The author is being introspective, choice (C), and is
sharing with the reader her personal experiences in writing the
novel, choice (D), and the accompanying emotions, choice (E).
That leaves choice (B), chilling. Although the author tells how
she came to write a very chilling tale, the tone of this selection
itself is not frightening. Choice (B) is the exception, and thus
the correct answer.