Question

Read these passages: preface: this distinction prevailed until august 2006, when the international astronomical union (iau), prompted by pressure from the professional community of planetary scientists as well as from the general public, brought pluto's planethood to a vote at a triennial general assembly in prague, czech republic. the result? pluto was formally downgraded from "planet" to "dwarf planet," thereby helping to diffuse the negative attention that we had been receiving for six years running. an image shows a black horizontal line in a white rectangle box on black background. neil degrasse tyson, the pluto files interview: and so she goes over to look, can't find pluto, and this reporter says i think i've got a story here, telephones back to get the science reporter, and the science reporter files a story that makes page one of the new york times on january 22, 2001, by the way, and what else is going on in the world that day? bush had just been inaugurated in washington. they're still counting chads in florida. you'd think other news would be filling page one, but no. there it was: "pluto not a planet? only in new york." and that's when the real wave of hate mail started coming in. an image shows a black horizontal line in a white rectangle box on black background. neil degrasse tyson, interview by melissa block, "astrophysicist chronicles battle over pluto" which excerpt from tyson's preface or interview conveys the most emotion? a. and that's when the real wave of hate mail started coming in. b. pluto was formally downgraded from "planet" to "dwarf planet" . . . c. bush had just been inaugurated in washington. d. the distinction prevailed until august 2006 . . .

Answer 1

The excerpt conveying the most emotion from Neil deGrasse Tyson's narrative is the one about receiving a wave of hate mail after Pluto's reclassification.

The portion of Neil deGrasse Tyson's narrative that conveys the most emotion is: "And that's when the real wave of hate mail started coming in." This choice captures the emotional reaction Tyson received from the public upon the reclassification of Pluto. In contrast, the other choices presented are more factual than emotive, focusing on historical events and scientific classification without the personal or emotional engagement that option A demonstrates.