Read this paragraph from the excerpt. And the environment suffers, too. When people collect wood every day from their local forests to create charcoal or fuel for wood-burning stoves, it creates an unsustainable pace of deforestation that leads to mudslides, loss of watershed, and other environmental consequences. These stoves also contribute up to 25 percent of black carbon emissions, a pollutant that contributes directly to climate change.

How does this paragraph contribute to the development of the author's argument?

It expresses personal passion for cooking to emphasize the authority of the author.

It presents specific data about the number of acres deforested, the amount of carbon emissions, and the fouling of watersheds.

It explains how the negative effects of inferior cookstoves impact people’s daily lives.

It presents the environmental effects of cooking so they appear slightly less important than the effects on human health.

How does twain’s use of understatement serve his purpose

As you have learned, epic heroes experience trials along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a trial you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the trial using the aspects of a narrative. the trial can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this! let your creativity flow. focus on key attributes of beowulf and use his attributes to create a trial that would truly test him. since beowulf is very strong, a trial involving strength and endurance might be to easy. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats. examples of beowulf’s attributes: couragous, loyal, strong, persistant, honorable, confident try to use one or multiples of these attribute when designing your trial. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer. what could you make that would stump beowulf

Suppose you need to verify how to correctly use commas. you open your english textbook and scan the chapter titles. in which one would you most likely find the information you need? ; ; ; ; that's the ? im having truble with