A beast has the most negative connotation
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
This question is incomplete because it does not attach the excerpts. You forgot to attach the text titled "Amazing Plants" and the text title "Trapped by a Predator."
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The information that the reader learns from "Amazing Plants" that is missing in "Trapped by a Predator" is a description of the pitcher plant.
In the excerpt "Amazing Plants,<em>"the author refers to the pitcher plan as follows: Pitcher plants are another quiet carnivore. The plants are long, pitcher-like tube shapes, with wide bottoms full of water to catch and digest their prey. Pitcher plants use different strategies to attract prey. Some give off sweet smells, while others produce nectar. Pitchers have been known to consume anything from insects to small lizards and rodents."</em>
In the excerpt "Trapped by a Predator," the author focuses more on his personal experience of how he became interested in Botanics and plants when as a child he was on a trip to Willington. North Carolina.
I would say the answer is b.the candidate tries to be humorous
A perfect class room pet would be a gerbil because it is easy to take care of. It is also very small so it won’t take up a lot of space. Another reason would be that a gerbils cage is very easy to clean out.
