Which of the following would not be a good supporting sentence for a cause-and-effect paragraph that begins with this topic sent
ence? Constructing a dam on the Elwha River had many negative
effects.
A. The Elwha dam is a scar upon the environment with significant
effects anyone can easily see.
B. And finally, the dam flooded acres of pristine nature that now lie
beneath the dam's reservoir
C. The dam also prevented the river from depositing its sediment at
the river mouth, which increased coastal erosion patterns.
D. Perhaps the easiest to identify is that the dam prevented the river's
native salmon population from returning to its birthplace to
spawn.
