The author is trying to convey that in recent years, the
extinction rate for many animal species has significantly increased. He began
his point in the first sentence of the excerpt: “Species are disappearing at an
accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also
pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural
environments.” Then, he further emphasizes his point in the sentence: “As the
last forests are felled in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador,
the decline of species will accelerate even more.” Which is immediately followed
by another sentence that supports his argument: “In the world as a whole,
extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before
the coming of man.
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The three lines would be
The one saying ...No life stirred at this arid time of day...The narrator seems to be experiencing the feeling of being too hot there to be any movement around .
The line about the dog"., begging for sympathy,attempted to lift his tail in a wag ...."The narrator seems to be looking at the dog and because of that is able to express its feelings according to its condition.
Last ,the line about the children"...Start what..?Start their business..." the narrator describes the scene as if infomed of the children´s anxiety to start playing.
Answer: B. "How I Built a Canoe"
Explanation: