Read the passage below and choose the best answer that expresses the main idea of the passage: people concerned with the environment and global warming usually try to reduce their carbon output by increasing their home's energy efficiency and driving less. some start by calculating their carbon footprint to set a benchmark -- like a weigh-in before a diet. a carbon footprint is simply a figure -- usually a monthly or annual total of co2 output measured in tons. a. everyone should reduce their carbon output. c. people concerned with global warming should know their carbon footprint so they will know how they can reduce their carbon output. b. you should always calculate your carbon footprint before going on a diet. d. everyone puts out tons of co2 into the atmosphere every day.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

Which traits are strongest in your persuasive eassy: ideas, orginization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, or conventions? (provide textual evidence from your persuasive essay to support your answer.)

You're playing the slots and "win" twenty-five bucks! you're stoked. during the past ten weeks, you've won another fifty bucks. but you've dropped two bucks in the slot machines every day for ten weeks