Read this excerpt:

well, according to a united nations' report cited on the

mother nature network site, the production, consumption,

and disposal of meat results in - get ready – 70 percent

of the world's water consumption, a full 38 percent of the

world's land use, and almost 20 percent of all greenhouse

gas emissions.

why does the author cite this information in the article?

a. to show that meat eaters practice disgusting and unhealthy

habits

b. to prove that vegans are healthier than people who eat meat

products

c. to criticize those who don't support serious environmental issues

d. to respond to the counterclaim that veganism is bad for the

environment

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning