. (a) Explain what the text says explicitly. Reread paragraphs 1 and 2 of the excerpt from Silent Spring. Explain what the author is telling the reader about the town she’s describing. Cite at least two details from the text to support your response. (3 points) (b) Explain an inference you can draw from the text. Reread paragraph 7 of the excerpt from Silent Spring. What can you infer that the “white granular powder” is? Support your inference using at least two details from the text and background knowledge. (3 points)

3. what is the purpose of a lead sentence or paragraph? to display your most convincing reasons and arguments to you revise the overall structure of your work to interest readers and introduce your writing style to add details and elaborate on your ideas

Which excerpt best states the central idea of the second paragraph of the dark game ?

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.