Question

select the text that has a more objective tone. in all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the vampire, a pariah even among demons. foul are his ravages; gruesome and seemingly barbaric are the ancient and approved methods by which folk must rid themselves of this hideous pest. the first recorded accounts of vampires follow a consistent pattern: some unexplained misfortune would befall a person, family or town—perhaps a drought dried up crops, or an infectious disease struck. before science could explain weather patterns and germ theory, any bad event for which there was not an obvious cause might be blamed on a vampire. from benjamin radford, \vampires: fact fiction and folklore,\ copyright 2014 by purch and from montague summers, \vampires and vampirism,\ copyright 1929 by e. p. dutton

Explanation:

The first text uses subjective words like "terrible," "foul," "gruesome," and "hideous" to describe vampires. The second text presents facts about the first recorded accounts of vampires in a neutral way, without adding personal opinions or emotions. It simply states that before science could explain certain phenomena, bad events with no obvious cause were blamed on vampires.

Answer:

The second text (The first recorded accounts of vampires follow a consistent pattern: Some unexplained misfortune would befall a person, family or town—perhaps a drought dried up crops, or an infectious disease struck. Before science could explain weather patterns and germ theory, any bad event for which there was not an obvious cause might be blamed on a vampire.) has a more objective tone.