Recycling paper is the best way to protect trees. Recycling prevents trees from being cut down and used for paper and other products. According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees. If everyone in the United States recycled just a small portion of their newspapers, we could save 25 million trees. People should recycle paper and use recycled products whenever they can to save our forests.

Which statement expresses the reasons in this argument?

More people should recycle in general.
Trees are important to the overall environment.
Recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees.
Recycling helps stop trees from being cut down.

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor - Bare.

But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the dark

Where there ain't been no light.

So boy, don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now -

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

—“Mother to Son,”
Langston Hughes

Which metaphor from the poem compares life to something enjoyable? Answer by completing the sentence.

The metaphor __________ compares life to something enjoyable.

o."goin' in the dark"
o. "crystal stairs"
o. reaching landin's"
o. "climbin' on"

Match the word to an antonym.
1. broad
strong
2. begin
cease
3. weak
lose
4. silent
noisy
5. difficult
narrow
6. stretch
different
7. similar
shrink
8. win
retreat
9. advance
easy

can someone help me on how to be happy

Did adeline convince you that student should not be required to speak a second language?

Toni wrote the following paragraph in a blog about football’s impact on the brain:

In a recent article published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association,” researchers described their findings from a study of university football players. Doctors scanned the brains of players and compared the scans to the brains of men the same age who had never played football.

Which feature of the blog tells you that Toni followed a formal style of writing?

A.
She chose a popular topic.
B.
She used casual language.
C.
She used exact language.
D.
She used simple sentences.