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read the passage from when birds get flu and cows go mad! by john di consiglio.
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 most likely includes a signal word so that the reader will recognize
that the passage's tone is being defined.
that the passage's cause is being defined.
that there is still a problem.
that the situation is resolved.

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings