April wants to write an essay promoting the global use of nuclear energy over conventional resources. she plans to start her essay by explaining the gap between growing energy needs and current energy production. she wants to highlight problems with the continued use of traditional resources to generate energy. she also plans to focus on the dangers associated with nuclear energy. finally, she wants to explain how nuclear energy would be a more effective option for solving the global energy crisis. which of the following would be a strong thesis statement for her essay?

a. the current energy situation does not require a major switch from the conventional sources of energy to nuclear energy.

b. the opponents of nuclear energy need to realize that the traditional sources of energy pose the same risks to the environment.

c. while nuclear energy has its dangers, with proper monitoring we can avoid widespread damage to the environment while meeting humanity's growing energy needs.

d. because nuclear energy poses a risk not only to the current population but also to future generations, its use should be discontinued.

e. nuclear energy is needed immediately to ensure that our future is not plunged into darkness.

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.

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