Select the correct text in the passage. Environmentalist Lauren Reid wrote a letter to the mayor of her city. In it, she encouraged the mayor to promote planting trees in the city. Which sentence from Lauren’s letter contains the warrant part of the argument? Urban forests can help communities by reducing several potential effects of climate change. At the same time, transforming yards and vacant properties into natural areas makes good sense. It will benefit wildlife, make our neighborhoods more beautiful, and increase property values. Trees can also help prevent the increased flooding that is expected because of climate change. Urban trees and green space allow more water to naturally soak into the earth. That, in turn, reduces flooding in backyards and city streets. It can also reduce the strain on storm water systems. It is estimated that a typical medium-sized tree can take in as much as 2,380 gallons of rainfall per year. That means it can reduce runoff and erosion from storms by about 7 percent. By reducing runoff, forested areas help protect our city from the damaging effects of heavy rainfall.

That means it can reduce runoff and erosion from storms by about 7 percent.

Explanation: I did the test

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel