Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings.

Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. (from "Poetry" by Marianne Moore) > the feeling that a person or an object is worthless

...One must make a distinction however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry, nor till the poets among us can be "literalists of the imagination" - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads in them," shall we have it... (from Poetry" by Marianne Moore) > rude and disrespectful behavior

The jar was round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air. (from "Anecdote of the jar" by Wallace Stevens) > an opening for the passage of steam or liquid

Explanation:

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.