Select the correct text in the passage. Supporting evidence in a scientific essay can include relevant quotes, facts, statistics, and examples. Read this excerpt from a scientific essay on
climate change and fossil fuels. Which sentence provides supporting evidence for the main idea?
Coal-fired electricity plants significantly contribute to climate change. Coal plants are one of the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. These plants burn coal to heat water and turn it to steam. The steam turns turbines connected to generators that produce
electricity. In 2011, US coal plants emitted up to 1.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The burning of coal and other fossil
fuels has resulted in acid rain and air pollution.

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.

Have you ever felt like the person in this image during a speech or presentation? list four or five things this person can do to be a more effective listener.

Which statement best describes a difference between the poem "ellis island" and the essay ": a native american view"? the poem discusses difficulties encountered by europeans, but the essay does not. the essay discusses the identity of the author, but the poem does not. the poem discusses immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but the essay does not. the essay discusses hopes for america, but the poem does not.