The quotations from the excerpt that best represent reasonable evidence to support the claim that Americans are losing confidence in their governments are 1 and 3:
1. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. (YES)
2. . . . the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world.
(NO)
3. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote. (YES)
4. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping. . . (NO)
Evidence is generally used in argumentative essays to support a claim that the writer has made about a debatable topic. Moreover, evidence is included in order to make this claim more solid and convincing for the reader. In this case, <u>quotations 1 and 3 provide proper evidence because they are implying that most people do not have hope for a better future regarding political issues</u>.
Answer:
Imagery
Explanation:
Imagery is when you describe something visually with words. In this sentence, "sharp hiss" is imagery because it makes you think of what is happening like an image.
The answer is definitely d., I remember reading the book.
Answer:
The Author of "Klondike Gold Rush' uses third person omniscient to give the readers an idea and understanding of what happened during the gold rush and also the challenges faced by the miners.
Explanation:
The point of view of the Author is that most miners labored hard and gained little, the miners got outsmarted by the merchants and the profiteers. The Miners hoped to get rich quick but they instead got poor. They were paid very little for their hard labor, This tells the readers the dangerous things they faced just to find disappointment.
The Author of the book used word like "horrendous" and also "perilous journey' to show the difficulties the miners faced. This book shows the challenges that the miners had to go through to seek "false riches".
