Your class is studying recycling. on the one hand recycling can protect the environment. on the other hand recycling is inconvenient and places an added burden on citizens. do you feel that recycling should be required of all citizens? why? choose a position for the essay above, and write a reason that supports that position.

The correct answer is the following.

Recycling is a necessity not a commodity.

Recycling helps to take care of the environment. As simple as it sounds. Right now, it is not a matter of we want to protect the environment. Today is a requisite if we really want to live on this planet for the years to come.

The Earth is very polluted, the weather is changing, the seas have environmental issues. Humanity must do its part to cooperate.

Let politicians do its job with the big industries and the legislation. Let people, the everyday citizen to do its part and cooperate with the protection of the environment.

Recycling is one way to do it. Cumbersome? Probably, but it really does not represent a big problem. It just takes minutes to recycle. It just takes a moment to recycle. Everybody has the time to go to the recycling stations and cooperate.  

We only have one planet: the Earth. We only have one chance: now.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

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