Read the thesis statement about offshore drilling for oil.
offshore drilling will decrease the united states’ dependency on foreign oil.
which evidence would support the author's claim?
a. the us does not have enough oil to meet its demand; thus offshore reserves would have little impact.
b. americans need to decrease their energy consumption and begin exploration of renewable energy sources.
c. the environmental impact of offshore drilling comes at too great a cost.
d. offshore reserves could supply the us with energy needs for two years.

What excerpt from a student essay maintains the most objective tone

How does the imagery used to describe the picture contrast with the imagery used to describe the news?

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that. which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious. b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world. c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love. d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.