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Read the statements I and II.
I. The text is aimed just at aged people as one of the bubbles brings an old man talking.
II. As it’s a cartoon, the text is aimed at young people

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It’s correct to say that

Read the following sentences I and II.

I. The tree's bark was a rusty brown.
II. The puppy uses to bark to the mailmen.

Concerning the bold underlined word in each one, it’s correct to say that

Read the text page “Leading jockey Craig Williams says he will hold Dunaden in higher regard than three-time Melbourne Cup champion mare Makybe Diva if the French raider can carry his hefty weight to back-to-back Melbourne Cups at Flemington today”. The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underlined word is
Read the following texts I and II:

I. “Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud… but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for. Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States. The first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man; a Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope – not blind optimism or wishful thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long.”
(Barack Obama, Democrats Convention, September 6,2012.)

II. "'And that boy of his, Frito, ' added bleary-eyed Nat Clubfoot, 'as crazy as a woodpecker, that one is.' This was verified by Old Poop of Backwater, among others. For who hadn't seen young Frito, walking aimlessly through the crooked streets of Boggietown, carrying little clumps of flowers and muttering about 'truth and beauty' and blurting out silly nonsense like 'Cogito ergo boggum?'"
(H. Beard, The Harvard Lampoon, Bored of the Rings,1969)

Each text is, respectively, an example of