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QuizMultiple Choice

Comparing Argumentative Texts: Silent Spring and "A Case for Waawaatesi"

Question 3 • AZ-English Language Arts 9 A-CR

Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi." Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure. And while Indigenous peoples and many rural peoples can still see the stars, most of the world’s population cannot. That’s particularly an urban thing, where there’s all this light. From my farm, through the open skies, at night I can see the glow of Detroit Lakes, and

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It establishes their credibility.
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It lays out a logical sequence of events.
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It makes the audience feel sorry for the author.
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It provides reasons for the reader to relocate.

Explanation

The speaker supports the point about losing the ability to navigate by the stars with firsthand observation: from their farm, they can see the glow of a nearby city affecting the night sky. This personal experience helps establish the speaker’s credibility on the topic. The excerpt does not lay out a sequence of events or try to make readers feel sorry for the speaker or relocate.

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