Without trees returning water vapor back into the atmosphere, the water cycle becomes critically disrupted.
When trees are cut down there is no longer a canopy to
shade the forest during the day and hold in heat at night.
This results in extreme temperature swings. Finally, trees
absorb greenhouse gasses that contribute to global
warming. Fewer trees mean that more of these gasses are
released into the atmosphere.
Which statement best describes how the structure enhances a reader's
understanding of the passage?
O A It uses a formal tone to highlight the serious nature of cutting
down trees
B. It examines the connections between cutting down trees and the
environmental outcome.
O It appeals to a reader's emotions by creating an image of a global
catastrophe
Dit traces the order of events at the beginning, middle and end of
deforestation

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings