1. What is Nicholas Kristof’s chief thesis? (State it in one sentence.) 2. Does Kristof make any assumptions – tacit or explicit – with which you agree or disagree? Why?
3. Is the slightly humorous tone of Kristof’s essay inappropriate for a discussion of deliberately killing wild animals? Why or why not?
4. What kind of evidence does Kristof often to justify his claim that more hunting is needed? What interpretations of Kristof’s evidence could be made if you were trying to challenge him?
5. Do you agree that “hunting is as natural as bird-watching” (para. 21)? In any case, do you think that an appeal to what is “natural” is a good argument for expanding the use of hunting? Why, or why not?
6. To whom is Kristof talking? How do you know?

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

What is the best way to revise sentence number (12)

At the end of “raymond’s run,” squeaky has a different attitude about running and about her rival, gretchen. describe the actions that demonstrate these changed feelings. what role does conflict play in squeaky’s changed attitude? use events and details from the story to support your answer.