The birds, for example – where had they gone? many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. the feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. the few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. it was a spring without voices. —silent spring, rachel carson which best describes how this passage appeals to the reader’s emotions? by describing birds near death and a spring without chirping by highlighting people’s confusion about what is happening to the birds by contrasting the way people feel with what is happening to the birds

The answer is A:by describing birds near death and a spring without chirping

A: by describing birds near death and a spring without chirping

Explanation:

 The option A is the best way to describe how this passage appeals to the reader's emotions because it describes the fate of the birds that were unable to leave, their suffering by slowly dying. So sad, one could feel their pain and despair by not being able to fly like the others that had gone. It was a spring without voices and without life.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

the simple predicate of the sentence is camped.