Explain Noah's technique of prefacing each chapter with a commentary about apartheid and/or the government (these are in bold and in a different font). Why does he include
these? How do they help shape the text that follows? Is there a connection between the
preface and the chapter?

Which of the following best explains why the author chose the compare-and-contrast structure for paragraph 2

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

Is the slightly humorous tone of kristof's essay inappropriate for a discussion of deliberately killing wild animals? why or why not?