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Read the excerpt from E.O. Wilson’s “The Environmental Ethic.”Species are disappearing at an accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural environments. I have said that a fifth or more of the species of plants and animals could vanish or be doomed to early extinction by the year 2020 unless better efforts are made to save them. . . . As the last forests are felled in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador, the decline of species will accelerate even more. In the world as a whole, extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before the coming of man. They cannot be balanced by new evolution in any period of time that has meaning for the human race.What message does the author convey in this excerpt?

Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest.‘I could, if you’d let me, talk and talk. Let’s talk about anything. I believe the influence of Kierkegaard on Camus is underestimated. I believe Dennis Gabor may very well have been the Antichrist. I believe Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror. I believe, with Hegel, that transcendence is absorption. I could interface you guys right under the table,’ I say. ‘I’m not just a creâtus, manufactured, conditioned, bred for a function.’What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

Which list best describes the organization of an argumentative essay?

Read the excerpt from Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s Freakonomics.The incentive scheme that rules sumo is intricate and extraordinarily powerful. Each wrestler maintains a ranking that affects every slice of his life; how much money he makes, how large an entourage he carries, how much he gets to eat, sleep, and otherwise take advantage of his success. The sixty-six highest-ranked wrestlers in Japan, comprising the makuuchi and juryo divisions, make up the sumo elite. A wrestler near the top of this elite pyramid may earn millions and is treated like royalty. Any wrestler in the top forty earns at least $170,000 a year. The seventieth-ranked wrestler in Japan, meanwhile, earns only $15,000 a year. Life isn’t very sweet outside the elite. Low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors, preparing their meals and cleaning their quarters, and even soaping up their hardest-to-reach body parts. So ranking is everything.Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the high-ranking sumo wrestlers enjoy many luxuries?

What is one benefit of giving an argumentative speech as opposed to publishing an argumentative essay?

The evidence in an argumentative speech should include

Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest.I cannot make myself understood. ‘I am not just a jock,’ I say slowly. Distinctly. ‘My transcript for the last year might have been dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. The grades prior to that are de moi.’ My eyes are closed; the room is silent.How does the narration affect the narrator’s credibility in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from an argumentative essay about voting. It does not seem like one vote can make a difference. Every eligible person should vote.Which revision offers the most improvement in sentence fluency?

Which statement best summarizes a central idea in Infinite Jest?

Read the excerpt from Infinite Jest.I cannot make myself understood. “I am not just a jock,” I say slowly. Distinctly. “My transcript for the last year might have been dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. The grades prior to that are de moi.” My eyes are closed; the room is silent. “I cannot make myself understood, now.” I am speaking slowly and distinctly. “Call it something I ate.”Which statement best says how Wallace explores the conflict between personal and societal realities?

The thesis statement of an argumentative speech is also known as

Which citation format is correct if a student is quoting from an article entitled “We the People” that is published on a website and has no author information?

Read the excerpt from E.O. Wilson’s “The Environmental Ethic.”Why should we care? What difference does it make if some species are extinguished, if even half of all the species on earth disappear? Let me count the ways. New sources of scientific information will be lost. Vast potential biological wealth will be destroyed. Still undeveloped medicines, crops, pharmaceuticals, timber, fibers, pulp, soil-restoring vegetation, petroleum substitutes, and other products and amenities will never come to light. It is fashionable in some quarters to wave aside the small and obscure, the bugs and weeds, forgetting that an obscure moth from Latin America saved Australia’s pastureland from overgrowth by cactus, that the rosy periwinkle provided the cure for Hodgkin’s disease and childhood lymphocytic leukemia, that the bark of the Pacific yew offers hope for victims of ovarian and breast cancer, that a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery, and so on down a roster already grown long and illustrious despite the limited research addressed to it.Which techniques does Wilson use in this excerpt to convey important information to his readers?

Read the excerpt from Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s Freakonomics.Let’s now consider the following statistic, which represents the hundreds of matches in which a 7–7 wrestler faced an 8–6 wrestler on a tournament’s final day: 7–7 WRESTLER’S PREDICTED WIN PERCENTAGE AGAINST 8–6 OPPONENT: 48.77–7 WRESTLER’S ACTUAL WIN PERCENTAGE AGAINST 8–6 OPPONENT: 79.6So the 7–7 wrestler, based on past outcomes, was expected to win just less than half the time. This makes sense; their records in this tournament indicate that the 8–6 wrestler is slightly better. But in actuality, the wrestler on the bubble won almost eight out of ten matches against his 8–6 opponent. Wrestlers on the bubble also do astonishingly well against 9–5 opponents:7–7 WRESTLER’S PREDICTED WIN PERCENTAGE AGAINST 9–5 OPPONENT: 47.27–7 WRESTLER’S ACTUAL WIN PERCENTAGE AGAINST 9–5 OPPONENT: 73.4The authors use the statistics in this excerpt to

Read the following paragraph.Many Americans favor football, baseball, and basketball. However, this differs from international preferences. In fact, soccer, cricket, and field hockey are the world’s most popular sports. Which rewrite of this paragraph would be appropriate for an argumentative speech but not an argumentative essay?

Which sentence from an argumentative essay about genetically modified foods best states a claim?

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing Scrabble yet. Or looking in the mirror. Or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

Read this outline for an argumentative speech.1. Introduction: Consuming organic food. A. It is better for your health to consume organic fruits and vegetables instead of conventionally grown produce.2. Organic fruits and vegetables are free of chemicals. A. Farmers who raise organic produce do not use synthetic pesticides. B. Some say the pesticide residue on conventional produce is minimal, but even minimal amounts of pesticide can have a harmful effect over time. C. Organic produce is safer due to the lack of chemicals.3. Organic fruits and vegetables are more nutritious. A. Organic produce is packed with vitamins and minerals. B. Conventionally grown foods are not lacking in nutrition, but the concentration of vitamins and minerals is higher in organic foods. C. Organic produce is healthier due to the high concentration of vitamins and minerals.4. Organic fruits and vegetables are less likely to carry diseases. A. Organic farming is cleaner than conventional farming. B. Organic farming does not include chemicals that kill organisms, however incidences of harmful bacteria are lower in organic produce. C. Organic produce is safer due to the low incidence of harmful bacteria. 5. Organic fruits and vegetables are better for your health for three reasons. A. Organic fruits and vegetables are grown without the use of synthetic chemicals, are more nutritious, and are less likely to spread diseases. B. The lack of chemicals, the high concentration of vitamins and minerals, and the lower incidence of disease are all better for your health. The underlined sentence in the outline is

Which excerpt from Billy Collins’s “Man Listening to Disc” best supports the idea that the speaker uses the music to isolate himself from others?

Read the sentence from an argumentative essay about homelessness.There should be services to give homeless people a break from the stuff they have to deal with in their everyday lives.Which is the best revision of the underlined portion of the sentence?