Review the passage from "say no to library cuts."
while it is true that the city has to cut the budget, the city does not have to take the funds from the library. the library plays too great a role in our community. instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program.
which best identifies the purpose of the boldfaced text?
(a) to introduce the essay and state the main claim
(b) to emphasize the opposition's refutations
(c) to emphasize the opposing position
(d) to refute the counterclaim

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

attitude toward the subject implied in a literary work.

serious at times, angry, impassioned, and optimistic, but most of all urgent

b. we are called to honor our own words of reverent prayer with resolution in the deeds we must perform to preserve peace and the hope of freedom.