Read this excerpt from Alan Weisman's "The City Without Us":
The mature beech-oak-ash-ailanthus forest will be mowed down [by glaciers]. The four giant mounds of entombed garbage at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island will be flattened, their vast accumulation of stubborn PVC plastic and of one of the most durable human creations of all—glass—ground to powder.
Which claim does the excerpt most clearly support?
Nature is ultimately more powerful than humans - APEX
Nature is ultimately more powerful than humans
Ethos and Logos
To provide an accurate response, I would need the specific excerpt you're referring to. Could you please share the excerpt or provide additional context?
A god intervening in human affairs
loss of still more precious lives
Go forth young person.
The excerpt from "Gilgamesh: A New English Version" most clearly showcases the characteristic of grandeur found in epic poetry, as it portrays larger-than-life events and heroes in a majestic and impressive style typical of the genre.
form of the poem crossing the bar
parallelism - apex
The sentence that introduces an opposing viewpoint by stating, "However, critics argue that..." would most clearly indicate a transition from a claim to a counterclaim in an argumentative essay.
it focuses on the wheelbarrow as a single specific image
Parallelism