Most of the early conservationists, because they were intellectuals whose writing did not reach popular audiences, had relatively little influence on politicians. For instance, between 1830 and 1870, a number of early conservationists such as George Catlin, Horace Greeley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau warned that America’s timber and grassland resources were being exploited at an alarming rate through overgrazing, deforestation, and general misuse. They proposed that part of the land be withdrawn from public use and preserved in the form of national parks, but their words generally went unheeded.

Which of the following organizational patterns does the author use to get the point across to the reader?

a. contrast
b. example
c. location


b. example

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What will be an ideal response?

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