Insects are one of nature's most active killers of forest trees. They probably kill more trees than do fires or diseases. Insects attack the seeds, cones, twigs, leaves, bark, and wood of the tree. If the tree is not killed by insects, its growth may still be stunted. One of the most damaging
insects that attacks forests is the bark beetle.
Which sentence tells about the whole paragraph?
O 1. One insect that damages trees is the bark beetle.
2. Insects attack the leaves, wood, and bark of a tree.
3. Insects are major killers of forest trees.
04. A tree's growth can be stunted by insects.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile