Excerpts 1 and 2 are expository texts.
Expository texts contain a main idea with supporting details and evidence. They should have a conclusion as well. Excerpt 1 informs the audience about Mount St. Helen. Excerpt 2 explains how anxiety manifests and ways to reduce it. Excerpts 4 and 5 are stories. They do not make a claim and then back it up with supporting evidence. Instead, they describe characters, a setting, and events. Excerpt 3 is written in second person point of view and explains about visiting another country.
23.5 million Americans are addicted to drugs and partake in drug abuse. Drug abuse can have an extremely negative impact on lives and families. The sad part is the one who does drugs not only affects them but can hurt others around them. I believe that drug abuse is wrong because it can tear apart families, kill the user, and destroy your senses.
Claim: I believe that drug abuse is wrong because it can tear apart families, kill the user, and destroy your senses.
A. draw inspiration from the natural world
The answer is B, because sayings like that usually imply luck
