Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman:

even before shakespeare garden, central park designers olmstead and vaux had brought in a half-million trees along with their half-million cubic yards of fill to complete their improved vision of nature, spicing up the island with exotica like persian ironwoods, asian katsuras, cedars of lebanon, and chinese royal paulownias and ginkgos.

which statement best describes how the author develops the tone in this passage?

a. he uses exaggeration to describe the number of trees and yards of soil that olmstead and vaux used to create central park.
b. he uses sarcasm to poke fun at the landscape architects' attempt to impose their vision on central park.
c. he uses descriptive names to identify the exotic trees that were imported, creating a detached tone.
d. he pokes fun at new yorkers' obsession with shakespeare by beginning the passage with a reference to the playwright.

Where sarah live? a. are b. is c. do d. does

Read the sentence. the great wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing only about the same as a double of noodles. since lots of copies could be printed and still look good, it made loads of money. which best revises this sentence to create a more formal style and tone? *the great wave was as cheap as buying a double of noodles. since lots of copies could be made and still look great, people started making piles of money. *the great wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double of noodles. since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell. *the great wave cost next to nothing, practically the same as a double of noodles. since mass quantities could be produced and still look awesome, it became highly profitable to sell. *the great wave was inexpensive to purchase, similar to buying a double of noodles. since lots of copies could be made that still looked amazing, those who sold it made tons of money.

In poem daffodils-how do we know that the yellow daffodils has a long lasting effect on the speaker.