Which phrases in the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a positive image of a town? Select five options.
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
Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?
Which best describes one main difference between Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi"?
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?
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.
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.
cautiouspeacefulfrightenedmelancholic
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