Read the excerpt from "climate change: an overview.” by the early twentieth century, carbon emissions from fossil-fuel burning reached 1 billion tons a year. automobiles, airplanes, and domestic and agricultural energy demands all contributed to the rising trend. in the 1950s, scientists used a new generation of equipment to confirm that carbon-dioxide concentrations were doubling and that this would have the effect of increased temperatures. this excerpt primarily describes the long-term effect of increasing carbon emissions. long-term effect of decreasing temperatures. short-term effect of decreasing the use of new technology. short-term effect of increasing energy demands.

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Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.