Which words and phrases from the excerpt best support the authors purpose of creating a sense of alarm about the enviroment?

The town should regulate the height of buildings allowed on main street. this would be categorized as a: a. claim of fact. b. claim of policy. c. claim of cause and effect. d. claim of definition.

Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax