Read the excerpt from Silent Spring. Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know. Which words and phrases from the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a sense of alarm about the environment? Select four options. these disasters actually happened grim specter almost unnoticed tragedy stark reality