Excerpt from Transportation and our Nation's Energy Consumption Robert J. Shapiro, Conserving Energy and Preserving the Environment: The Role of Public Transportation 3 Public transportation needs to be an essential element in sound national energy and environmental policies. Potential threats to the supply and price of foreign oil as a result of terrorism, conflicts in the Middle East, and OPEC decisions underscore the need for a public transportation strategy that reduces our nation's dependence on imported oil. Likewise, ongoing efforts to reduce harmful emissions from our air can be more effective when they include ways to increase use of public transportation. The last sentence in section 3 increases coherence with its effective use of A) a transition. B) documentation. C) an abbreviation. D) parallel construction.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

Read these sentences from thr excerpt. what the most dreaded, that i most desired. what he most loved, i most hated. that which to him was a great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. which statement best explains why the author uses parallel structure to advance his purpose?

Modernist poets were concerned with many issues and used their poetry to express their concerns. which item from this list was not one of their concerns? a.corruption of traditional american values b.brutality of wwi c.the effects of the great depression d.crowded, crime-ridden city life e.alienation of the individual