Tucker is giving a speech proposing that more federal
money be spent on research labs that conduct animal
testing. there are four different groups in the audience
that will be listening to his speech:
group a: members of the congressional appropriations
committee, who decide how government money is spent
group b: owners of research labs which conduct animal
testing
audience c: members of an animal rights group who
believe animal testing is cruel
group d: people in the audience who have not yet formed
an opinion on animal testing
which question best reflects the biggest concern that tucker must address
for group d?
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a. do the benefits of animal testing outweigh the financial costs?
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b. how will research labs benefit from more federal funds?
o
c. how can you ensure that animals are treated humanely?
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d. what are some of the scientific benefits of animal testing?

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

d

explanation: