HELP ASAP Which sentence best explains the historical context for the book Silent Spring? A) It was written after President Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency to show support for his legacy as a leader.
B) It was written in the 1960s when people were first starting to consider the long-term effects of pesticides on humans and ecosystems.
C) It was written by a biologist named Rachel Carson who grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Pennsylvania College for Women.
D) It was written to prove that all pesticides were potentially harmful to the environment and should be banned from widespread use.

"the bane of the internet" is written in first-person subjective point of view, so the narrator a) tells the story as it is happening b)tells the story as it is happened in the past c)is a minor character who tells the story as it is happening d)none of the above

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

Have you ever felt like the person in this image during a speech or presentation? list four or five things this person can do to be a more effective listener.