Read the excerpt from "Borderbus." It took me 47 days to get here it wasn't easy hermana
45 days from Honduras with the coyotes the ones that — well
you know what they did to las chicas
right there in front of us so what were we supposed
to do and the trains the trains how can I tell you hermana
hundreds
of us like chickens like gophers in cages and vegetables
rotting on trains of thousands you hear me of thousands and
they slid
from the rooftops and the deserts of Arizona and Texas thirst
and hunger
thirst and hunger two things thirst and hunger day after day
hermana

Which words from the excerpt best create a cruel tone?
A trains, rooftops
B cages, rotting
C hundreds, thousands
D deserts, days

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

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Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.