In paragraph 2, the author makes the claim that
adopting a dog from a shelter helps solve the problem of
pet overpopulation in the United States. Which piece of
evidence from paragraph 2 is a statistic that supports
the claim?
Every year, between three and four
million dogs and cats are euthanized
because there is simply no room for them.
Animal shelters around the country are
struggling to deal with a staggering
surplus of pets.
Humane, no-kill shelters protect healthy,
adoptable pets, but these shelters have
limited space.
By adopting a shelter dog, you can help
solve the overpopulation problem and
open up a spot for another homeless
canine.

Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt from daly's sixteen

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes