With no dredging, central park's ponds and reservoir have
been reincarnated as marshes. without natural grazers -
unless horses used by hansom cabs and by park
policemen managed to go feral and breed - central park's
grass is gone. a maturing forest is in its place, radiating
down former streets and invading empty foundations.
which best explains how the structure of this passage supports the author's
purpose?
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a. the passage shows the effects of human activity on central park
to prove that laws protecting the environment are necessary for
human survival
b. the passage describes how the absence of human activity will
change central park to show that nature will eventually destroy
what people have built.
c. the passage compares the central park from before and from
during a posthuman world to underscore that pollution levels will
remain the same.
d. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur
to highlight how people have harmed the environment in central
park

Along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveller hastens toward the town, what is the effect of the enjambment in these two lines? it emphasizes the idea that each line is a separate thought. it creates a rhyme scheme between the two lines. it encourages the reader to pause between the two lines. it strengthens the connection between the two lines.

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.

What is the topic sentence of paragraph 5 of the passage?