The tropics on both sides of the equator get more heat because the sun's rays strike them directly from the middle of the sky. (Al Gore, Earth in the Balance)This statement exemplifies a(n) ________.
A. explanation
B. illustration
C. report
D. argument
E. conditional statement
Answer: A
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Identify for which claims, if any, support has been given in the following passage; and state in your own words the reasons that have been offered for these claims."A pine cut down, a dead pine, is no more a pine than a dead human carcass is a man. Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale? Can he who slays the elephant for his ivory be said to have 'seen the elephant'? These are petty and accidental uses; just as if a stronger race were to kill us in order to make buttons and flageolets of our bones; for everything may serve a lower as well as a higher use. Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than
destroy it."-Henry David Thoreau, "Chesuncook" What will be an ideal response?
The Greek philosopher Plato believed that
a. we all possess knowledge of universal truths, even though we are not aware of that knowledge b. absolute truth exists c. knowledge can be achieved through reasoning d. "good" and "bad," like "true" and "false," change depending upon one's point of view
The essential self consists in
A) ?the various descriptions of ourselves that we produce for various occasions. B) ?the set of characteristics that defines a particular person, beneath the various descriptions of ourselves that we produce for various occasions. C) ?whatever we believe ourselves to be. D) ?whatever others believe us to be.
The will freely directed by reason is called __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word