Passage 1Passage 2 Read this excerpt from Silent Spring. Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families. Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts? frustrated passionate wishful insincere