Which statement best represents the controlling idea of the paragraph? On a crisp autumn day, a group of energetic kids gathers to play one of

America's favorite sports, and it's not football. Most people associate

autumn with football games, but a rising number of people are

choosing to play another kind of football: soccer. According to Play

Soccer magazine, soccer has become the third most played team

sport in the United States. With this startling statistic in mind, it is

unbelievable that most school soccer teams receive very little funding.

Soccer interest is on the rise, and that is why our schools should

designate more funding for their soccer programs.

O A. Soccer is a sport that should be played primarily in the autumn

months.

O B. Because schools do not provide adequate support for soccer,

more kids are playing for teams outside of their schools.

OC. Schools should focus on building their soccer programs, since

more kids are playing soccer than ever before.

O D. Soccer is a team sport that is rising in popularity, while football is

declining

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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