Thomas is writing a persuasive essay calling for more people to participate in recycling and carpooling. one of his paragraphs starts with the following topic sentence: carpooling is an effective way to save money as well as the environment.
what type of detail would be best to support this topic sentence?
a) anecdotes about people who have chosen to carpool
b) discussion of how carpooling can be a fun, if challenging, activity
c) statistics that show how many cities currently encourage carpooling
d) statistics that show lower pollution levels in cities with carpooling

Identify the sentence in which the underlined word or words are punctuated incorrectly. a) pam was (well prepared) for the debate. b) she had (read three quarters) of the material more than once. c) she has always been (self assured). d) the winner needs a (two-thirds) majority of the votes.

He picture shows a fishing technique called trawling. how might trawling affect marine biodiversity? decrease biodiversity by harvesting everything in its path, so that unwanted fish are unnecessarily killed

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.