In the course of my explorations twenty-five years ago, i found five sawmills located on or near the lower margin of the sequoia belt, all of which were cutting more or less big tree lumber, which looks like the redwood of the coast, and was sold as redwood. one of the smallest of these mills in the season of 1874 sawed two million feet of sequoia lumber. —"save the redwoods," john muir which statement best describes the point muir is making in the passage? which detail appeals to the reader’s logic? which detail establishes credibility?

In the course of my explorations twenty-five years ago, I found five sawmills located on or near the lower margin of the Sequoia belt, all of which were cutting more or less Big Tree lumber, which looks like the redwood of the coast, and was sold as redwood. One of the smallest of these mills in the season of 1874 sawed two million feet of Sequoia lumber.

Which statement best describes the point Muir is making in the passage?

Which detail appeals to the reader’s logic?

Which detail establishes credibility?

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The answers go by how I labeled the questions. (1st is bolded in the passage, second is underlined, third is italicized)

Hope I helped anyway...

The statement that best describes the point Muir is making in the passage is:

The detail that appeals to the reader’s logic is:

The detail that establishes credibility is:

In the text, it can be read that 25 years ago John Muir was able to see with his own eyes how five sawmills cut wood similar to sequoia, identifying that only one of them cut two million feet of redwood.

The data obtained from the text allows the reader to identify the great need to protect the redwood species from indiscriminate logging, due to the high activity that a single sawmill has, multiplied by the number of these establishments that exist in a place.

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parts of an essay — traditionally, it has been taught that a formal essay consists of three parts: the introductory paragraph or introduction, the body paragraphs, and the concluding paragraph. an essay does not need to be this simple, but it is a good starting point.

the answer is b. dilapidated house. i'm also guessing i a little late seeing as though this was asked in 2017 and we are about to go into