Read the following excerpt from Because of Winn Dixie and answer the question that follow. “Mostly, he looked like a wet piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain.”

Which of the following best explains what the author wants us to know about the dog?

A. The dog is brown and shaggy.
B. The dog is wet and dirty.
C. The dog is dirty and neglected.
D. The dog is loved and has a happy home.

Read this excerpt from "a visit from the goon squad."that’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“eyes in my head,” “x’s and o’s,” “who’s watching hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. untouched.how does the author use satire in this excerpt? the author is criticizing media censorship.the author is criticizing the idea of isolationism.the author is mocking society’s overuse of technology.the author is mocking man’s inability to freely express himself.