1. How does the author of the article frame, or

characterize, natural selection?

A The author characterizes natural selection as

a mindless, violent animal.

B The author personifies natural selection as a

malicious killer, putting the evolutionary

process in perspective by framing it with pre-

meditated intent instead of natural biology

and victims instead of prey.

C The author exaggerates the process of natural

selection, framing it in such a way to argue

against the "survival of the fittest" mentality.

D The author personifies natural selection as a

malicious killer, suggesting that humanity,

which is a link in the food chain, is as guilty as

the evolutionary practice.

d

Explanation:

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

its d because i know