Answer:
Deforestation, because agriculture is the main cause of deforestation; farmers cut down forests to plant crops or graze livestock.
Explanation:
I believe that the answer is A, to emphasize a point.
Answer:
This excerpt could be an answer to the question: "What does it mean to be equal to a boy, according to Stanton?"
Explanation:
Indeed, the narrator is talking about how she has been wondering how to best integrate among boys ("I pondered the problem of boyhood") by being as good as them in certain fields, like Greek and horseriding. Besides, she states explictly that to be learned and courageous is "the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys," which is the answer she found to her hours of thinking about this question.
