Read the passage from when birds get flu and cows go mad! by john diconsiglio.

japan, for example, tests a sample from every cow that will be used for food. the meat is kept in refrigerators until the test comes back negative. most european nations test about 70 percent of their cows.

but in the u. s., only about 650,000 of the 35 million cattle slaughtered each year are tested.

the author sets the tone with his use of

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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?

What exaggeration about him smiley does the narrator of the notorious jumping frog of calveras county make