Read the passage.
From "The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud "Thanks," Max sald, nervously alert. He was tall and grotesquely thin, with
sharply cut features, particularly a beak-like nose. He was wearing a loose, long slushy overcoat that hung down to his ankles,
looking like a rug draped over his bony shoulders, and a soggy, old brown hat, as battered as the shoes he had brought in.
Identify the plot element in this passage.
rising action
climax
falling action
exposition

To the one that i love i will never forget or hate just love me back

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

We must understand the connections between the climate crisis and the afflictions of poverty, hunger, hiv-aids, and other pandemics. as these problems are linked, so too must be their solutions. we must begin by making the common rescue of the global environment the central organizing principle of the world community. which statement best describes gore's use of evidence to support his argument? a. gore makes connections between events to support his argument that solutions to the climate crisis will also solve other problems. b. gore provides dramatic details to support his argument that solutions to problems of this magnitude are often rare. c. gore compares crises in the world to support his argument that the problem of climate change must take a backseat to other problems. d. gore describes positive outcomes to support his argument that people should remain optimistic about finding solutions to climate change.