The article states:
environmentalists say that wolves rarely kill livestock. but ranchers note that when wolf numbers are up, livestock numbers go down.
the author uses this paragraph mostly to the reader

aunderstand the different opinions about the wolves
brealize that public wolf hunts are necessary
csee the ways that wolves are much like dogs
dknow how the gray wolf nearly became extinct

im not to sure

explanation:

it refers to the definition of full-contact sports, where the condition is that the sport must have athletes must "purposely collide with each other

the answer is   c the cold war

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.