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. which best explains how the phrase “white granular powder” supports the author’s purpose of calling attention to the environment? the powder is an unnatural substance. the powder has a texture like sugar. the powder looks like freshly fallen snow. the powder is used in house construction.

If these are the choices:

A.The powder is an unnatural substance.

B.The powder has a texture like sugar.

C.The powder looks like freshly fallen snow.

D.The powder is used in house construction.

A.The powder is an unnatural substance. best explains how the phrase “white granular powder” supports the author’s purpose of calling attention to the environment. 

Because the powder is an unnatural substance, it's presence is a major cause of concern because its composition and effects is still unknown and it is seen everywhere. 

The answer is A) The powder is an unnatural substance.

Explanation:

samuel gompers was an extremely important person in the american labor movement, being him an employee all his life he devoted himself to fight for the rights of his pairs, he believed they all had the right to have better thing and that they all were working for them but the factory workers were greedy, ambitions and socialist people for him who he didn't have a good concept of.

he gave so many speeches and led so many strikes and protest to fight for equality which he considered employers didn't want to accept, so he had an absolutely negative opinion of them.

i believe that the answer is b! i hope i out!