Read the excerpt from silent spring

. there was once a town in the heart of america where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. the town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. in autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines.

which phrases in the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a positive image of a town? check all that apply.

a..heart of america

b. live in harmony

c. with its surroundings

d. lay in the midst

e. hillsides of orchards

f. in autumn

g. blaze of color

h. backdrop of pines

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Read the excerpt from the passage. "anson, you're excited, but you can't do everything," advised enrique. "it's ok," said anson. "i can handle it." "it looks that way now, but you'll see," he said, as anson signed up for pals club and moved on to another table. which question does the excerpt best answer? a. which character learns a lesson in the story? b. how is one character the same as the other? c. who is the main character in the story? d. how does one character try to the other?

What is the central idea? in 1783, america won the american revolutionary war against britain. this global war, or conflict , stemmed from america fighting to be liberated from british rule. victory guaranteed independence to the thirteen colonies while also granting them freedom to create their own laws and inaugurate their own country