Which sentence contains persuasive language? A. Yosemite National Park is visited by 100 million people each year.

B. Yosemite National Park was established in 1890 and is one of the oldest nature preserves in the U. S.

C. Yosemite National Park was the center of a national environmental debate in the early 1900s.

D. Yosemite National Park was torn apart by the construction of the “eyesore” dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley.

Read the excerpt from “the fall of the house of usher” by edgar allan poe. suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and i turned to see whence a gleam so unusual could have issued; for the vast house and its shadows were alone behind me. the radiance was that of the full, setting, and bloodred moon, which now shone vividly through that once barely discernible fissure, of which i have before spoken as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base.