Rather than allowing developers to tear down old buildings simply to put up new ones, local governments
could enact ordinances to preserve their area's architecture.

Why is this sentence important to the passage as a whole?

A. It summarizes the writer's attitude toward government involvement in architecture.

B. It concludes the writer's discussion of modern architecture.

C. It begins to introduce solutions to the problems the writer raises.

D. It begins to describe the problems the writer wants to highlight.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile