44. The writer wants an effective transition from the introductory paragraph to the main idea
of the text. Which of the following would best
achieve this goal?
A. Leave as is.
B. One critic is a contributing editor to Reason
magazine.
C. A recent edition of this newspaper
published one of these conservative
opinions.
D. One of these conservative writers is
Newsday columnist Cathy Young who
writes that ... [sentence continues as in the
original].
E. I read one of these opinions in a recent
edition of this newspaper.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile