Which of these facts does the article "The Aftermath" reveal in the first few paragraphs?
A. The president was responsible for ravaging New Orleans.
B. The president is smarter about catastrophes than he was before
Hurricane Katrina.
C. The president was shattered by the damage he saw in New
Orleans.
D. The president visited the region affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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.