Comparing Argumentative Texts: Silent Spring and “Save the Redwoods"
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Which words and phrases from the excerpt best support
the author's purpose of creating a sense of alarm about the
environment? Select four options.
Read the excerpt from Silent Spring
Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened
somewhere, and many real communities have already
suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has
crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy
may easily become a stark reality we all shall know.
these disasters
actually
happened
grim specter
almost unnoticed
tragedy
stark reality
which words create a sense of alarm