Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched. The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs—the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.
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Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi." Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure. And while Indigenous peoples and many rural peoples can still see the stars, most of the world’s population cannot. That’s particularly an urban thing, where there’s all this light. From my farm, through the open skies, at night I can see the glow of Detroit Lakes, and
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Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.
Which best describes one main difference between Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi"?
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Which phrases in the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a positive image of a town? Select five options.
Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched. The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs—the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.
Which excerpt from Silent Spring best appeals to readers’ pathos?
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