Read this claim from an argumentative essay about zoos. Zoos must improve conditions so that they can meet the health and safety needs of the animals.

Which piece of evidence, if true, would best support this claim?
Exposure to different animals can help to educate the public.
Funding sources for zoos can be limited, so they often rely on donations from the public.
Many animals die prematurely in zoos because they are exposed to infectious diseases.
Animals can be bred at zoos to increase their population.

ANSWER: C Many animals die prematurely in zoos because they are exposed to infectious diseases.

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.