Answer:
statistical data
Explanation:
in the passage, John DiConsiglio has an urgent tone. He is trying to show the importance of testing for mad cow disease. The statistical data about how often Japan and European nations test their cows for mad cow disease in comparison to how often the U.S. tests their cows for mad cow disease shows that he is pushing for change and quickly. He wants the U.S. to test a higher percentage of the 35 million cattle that are slaughtered for meat.
Answer:
Annabel Lee" is about a beautiful, painful memory. The speaker of the poem is remembering his long-lost love, Annabel Lee. The speaker knew Annabel Lee many years ago, when she was a girl, and they both lived "in a kingdom by the sea." Even though they were only children, these two were really, seriously in love.
Explanation:
Chapter 29 of The Grapes of Wrath is an "inner" chapter and, therefore, short and lyrical in style. It is also a Biblical-styled chapter, as it depicts the Great Flood that is used as counterpoint to the Dust Bowl chapters earlier. Steinback makes use of pathetic fallacy (weather to depict emotional tone) as the apocalyptic weather is a kind of purgation--an excessive baptism that brings death across the land.
The correct answer to the question above is (a.) his. The young men in Mr. Murphy's class last semester were very responsible. Everybody returned his book in perfect condition. Since the pronoun that was to be used is referring to Mr. Murphy, not the young men.