Read the excerpt . which phrase is a context clue that can determine the meaning of the word "demographic"

plenty of evidence exists about the hazards involved with smoking, leading experts to believe that quitting smoking at any point will result in improved health. but due to the addictive nature of smoking cigarettes, many people will find quitting to be difficult, if not totally impossible. still, if a person cannot quit, he or she should consider the impact of smoking may have on those around them, particularly young children and infants. the lungs, nervous system, and immune system of young children are still developing. this development places children as a demographic group at an even greater risk of being harmed by secondhand smoke than people in older age groups. young children are more likely to develop lung problems, allergies, and other medical conditions when they are frequently in the presence of a smoker. some evidence has even linked sudden infant death syndrome (sids) to secondhand smoking.

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Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings