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Which best describes one main difference between Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi"?

A
Carson is concerned about the destruction of the entire environment, while LaDuke is only concerned about a certain part of the environment.
B
Carson speaks of a possible future, while LaDuke discusses only what has happened in the past.
C
Carson believes that the past was just as bad as the present, while LaDuke believes that the present is worse than the past.
D
Carson offers facts and evidence to support her argument, while LaDuke appeals to readers’ emotions.
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A
presents facts and evidence to convince readers to reduce light pollution
B
tells a fable about how artificial light has destroyed the sleeping patterns of humans
C
relates a biographical story to inspire readers to get more sleep
D
discusses what the future would be like without fireflies or owls
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Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?

A
frustrated
B
passionate
C
wishful
D
insincere
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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.

A
bewildered
B
threatening
C
courageous
D
insignificant
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A
“so attractive”
B
“now lined with”
C
“withered vegetation”
D
“as though swept”
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A
cautious
B
peaceful
C
frightened
D
melancholic
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Which best states a comparison of the tones used in these excerpts?

A
Both excerpts are negative, but the second excerpt has a more negative tone.
B
Both excerpts are positive, but the first excerpt has a more serious tone.
C
Both excerpts are despairing, but the first excerpt has a gloomier tone.
D
Both excerpts are uplifting, but the second excerpt is more conversational in tone.
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A
Ethos
B
Logos
C
Pathos
D
Eros
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Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.In the gutters under the eaves and between the shingles of the roofs, a white granular powder still showed a few patches; some weeks before it had fallen like snow upon the roofs and the lawns, the fields and streams.

A
The powder is an unnatural substance.
B
The powder has a texture like sugar.
C
The powder looks like freshly fallen snow.
D
The powder is used in house construction.
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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.

A
a spring without voices
B
the mornings that had once throbbed
C
the dawn chorus of robins
D
only silence lay over the fields

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