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As we advanced, the scenes became more dreadful. The heat of the day increased, and the road became heavy with deep sand. The dead animals seemed to become at every step of the way more numerous. They lay so thick on the ground that the carcasses, if placed together, would have reached across many miles of that desert. The stench arising was continuous and terrible.
What is the mood of this excerpt?
A. Tired
B. Grammatical
C. Frustrating
D. Horrifying

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D. Horrifying on Apex
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The answer is: D. Horrifying

In literature, the mood refers to the general feeling or atmosphere that the story develops in the reader's mind.

As stated in the paragraph, the narrator is filled with horror and greatly shocked at the sight of the large amount of dead animals along the road in the desert. Besides, the speaker provides a detailed account of the number of dead animal bodies and their appalling smell.

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