Read the opening paragraphs to the persuasive essay, "Make the Most of Compost!" Make the Most of Compost!

We need to protect our land from being treated as something that only we have a right to use and perhaps misuse. It seems like we've been thinking only about our needs and our wants; but not about the future generations that will live off the same land that we use so unwisely.

This is why I feel that creating community composting sites is an excellent idea with innumerable benefits. Firstly, it reduces the amount of trash in a landfill. It also adds nutrients to the soil and helps the soil retain moisture.

Which element is not in this persuasive essay?

A. A strong thesis statement
B. A logical fallacy
C. A debatable claim

What do mcmahon’s references to thomas carlyle and john stuart mill do for his own image and credibility?

Why can’t the man get the third fire started?

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet