Excerpt from "Sprawl Threatens Wildlife and Habitat"

43. Where does the central idea first emerge in the text?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

44. How does the use of words like danger, threat, and imperilment in paragraph 1 affect the meaning of the text?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

45. How does the description of sprawl as "devouring land and habitat at an alarming pace" in paragraph 3 affect the meaning of the text?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

46. How do the details in paragraph 4 develop the author's claims about sprawl?

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

47. Based on paragraph 5, what can be inferred about the connection between clearing land and wildlife habitat?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

48. How do the paragraphs in the selection "Habitat loss concerns" refine the author's claim about habitat loss?

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

49. How does the author connect the ideas concerning sprawl and threatened wildlife?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

50. How does the author use rhetoric to advance the point of view that urban sprawl is one of the main causes of wildlife extinction in the United States?

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6