Which of the following passages from an essay about houseplants best uses precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to support the topic?
A. Houseplants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, and, in
addition, chemicals like benzene are also often removed from the
air by houseplants and other gardens.
B. Can somebody please tell me why more people don't own
houseplants? Everybody from scientists to housekeepers can tell
you how awesome they are for your health,
C. Both statistical and anecdotal evidence reveal houseplants
success at lowering stress levels, and I say you'd be a liar if you
said stress wasn't a big deal in your life.
D. Along with generating oxygen, houseplants offer numerous other
health benefits, such as removing environmental toxins, like
formaldehyde, from the atmosphere

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Line 1: Read the statement and sign your name in the space following the word “signature.” Do not print your

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last name, or as much as will fit, in the boxes provided. Below each box, fill in the circle that contains the same

letter as the box. If there is a space or a hyphen in your name, fill in the circle under the appropriate blank or

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Make dark marks that completely fill the circles. If you change a mark, be sure to erase the first mark

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Grid 5: Carefully copy the order in which you ranked the specialized high schools on your Test Ticket onto

Grid 5. If Grid 5 is not marked correctly, your admission to a specialized high school will be affected because

your admission is based on the score you achieve and the order in which you rank your school preferences in this

grid. The school choices indicated on your answer sheet are final.

Fill in one and only one circle for each school for which you wish to be considered. You may make as

few as one or as many as eight choices. To increase your chances of being assigned to one of the specialized

high schools, you are encouraged to make more than one choice. You must fill in a first choice school. Do not fill

in a school more than once. Do not fill in the same school for each choice. Fill in only one circle in a row and only

one circle in a column.

Grid 6: Complete the grid with your date of birth. Print the first three letters of the month in the first box, the

number of the day in the next box, and the year in the last box. Then fill in the corresponding circles.

Grid 7:

1. Print the name of the school where you are now enrolled in the space at the top of the grid.

2. In the boxes marked “SCHOOL CODE,” print the six-digit code that identifies your school and fill in the circle

under the corresponding number or letter for each digit of the school code. (You can find your school code on

your Test Ticket. If it is not there, tell the proctor, and the proctor will get the school code for you.)

3. If you attend a private or parochial school, fill in the circle marked “P.”

Grid 8: Print your student ID number in Grid 8. You can find your student ID number on your Test Ticket. In the

boxes, print your nine-digit student ID number. Below each box, fill in the circle containing the same number as

in the box.

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Specialized High School Admissions Test

answer: to inform

explanation: the red death is an exciting passage, but also in some ways scary, so it is not to amuse. the red death is far in the past, so it is not to warn.

the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.