The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the third choice. The literary device used is imagery. I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead! Feel free to ask more questions.
The author is trying to convey that in recent years, the
extinction rate for many animal species has significantly increased. He began
his point in the first sentence of the excerpt: “Species are disappearing at an
accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also
pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural
environments.” Then, he further emphasizes his point in the sentence: “As the
last forests are felled in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador,
the decline of species will accelerate even more.” Which is immediately followed
by another sentence that supports his argument: “In the world as a whole,
extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before
the coming of man.
The statement that best describes the author´s claim in this passage is the first one: Violent uprisings were common, but Gandhi worked to show that resistance could be nonviolent.
Gandhi (1869-1948) was an Indian activist who led the Indian Independence movement against Bristish rule. He inspires movements of civil rights and freedom in a context of violent colonization. He employed non-violent civis disobedience claiming that "Non violence is a weapon of the strong".
He was arrested many times, he supported peace armies during both War Worlds. He was finally assassinated at the age of 78 by a militant Hindu nationalist.
Answer:
It demonstrates the importance of ethnicity as part of identity.
Explanation:
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is a lawyer and jurist who serves as an Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court. She is the first Latina and Hispanic ethnicity to be made Justice.
Her most famous rulings are mainly focused on the defendants' rights, and included issues of ethnicity and gender, race etc. This use of a culturally specific language by her shows that she values and places a high importance on the ethnicity of an individual to be a part of one's identity. Though many people also disagreed with her and her dealings, she still expresses her thoughts and opinions on the need for diversity for everyone's freedom and rights.
