Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental,
as though having lost the will or the vision to demand
that which is good? Such thinking, in the words of the
ecologist Paul Shepard, "idealizes life with only its head
out of water, inches above the limits of toleration of the
corruption of its own environment Why should we
tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid
surroundings, ... the noise of motors with just enough
relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a
world which is just not quite fatal?"
-Silent Spring,
Rachel Carson
Which best describes the appeals the writer uses in
this paragraph?
O The claim challenges readers to examine other
viable alternatives
O The writer's credibility is supported by citing an
expert opinion.
O The common sense used to form the argument
engages the audience.
O Pathos inspires readers to consider their own
apathy in the face of oppression

Read the passage from animal farm. one sunday morning squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. napoleon had accepted, through whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. the price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. when the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. they had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. for the first time since the expulsion of jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart napoleon's wishes. their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. he ordered the hens' rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. the dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. for five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. nine hens had died in the meantime. their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away. which detail from the passage supports the claim that this is an allegory for the great purge? the hens holding out for five days but capitulating the eggs being delivered to the grocer the protesting hens being intentionally starved coccidiosis spreading on the farm

This excerpt is an example of a claim of a. fact b. policy c. value d. definition

This poem describes a train as if it were a horse. what literacy device does the poet use in this poem?