Left, a polar bear on a block of ice. Scientists say the Arctic ice is melting a a rate of 9 percent per decade. Arctic summers could be ice free by mid-century. Right, a man holding a polar bear lying on its side in the Arctic. Polar bears are being tracked for research. Write a short introduction to the article that might accompany this photo.

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile