When the question asks, what is the basic premise of the environmental act. what is it asking me for, what it covers? i interpreted as what it covers but when i searched up the definition for premise, it said previous statement or base of argument. so now i am confused

What are the authors purposes in writing its our world too young people who are making a difference

Someone get back to me , i really don’t get this

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used