“so attractive”“now lined with”“withered vegetation”“as though swept”
Which best states a comparison of the tones used in these excerpts?
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 that’s 25 miles away.
Which excerpt from Silent Spring best appeals to readers’ pathos?
Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi."It’s not just owls. It’s things like frogs, who make it their business to croak at night, particularly when mating. Artificial lights disrupt their mojo and that means less frogs and reduced populations. Sea turtle babies get confused, and migrating birds get confused when they fly with the stars.
cautiouspeacefulfrightenedmelancholic
Which phrases in the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a positive image of a town? Select five options.
EthosLogosPathosEros
presents facts and evidence to convince readers to reduce light pollutiontells a fable about how artificial light has destroyed the sleeping patterns of humansrelates a biographical story to inspire readers to get more sleepdiscusses what the future would be like without fireflies or owls
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.
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