4 Read the selection from the section "We Are Going To Change The Law." We are going to be the kids you read about in textbooks. Not because we're going to be another statistic about mass shootings in America, but because we are going to be the last mass shooting. We are going to change the law. Which word, if it replaced "statistic," would CHANGE the meaning of the sentence above? (A) number (B) figure (C) detail (D) action

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.