Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was an environmental science book. It documented the negative effects the indiscriminate use of pesticides has on the environment, particularly the birds.
The book became the tool that awakened the public to the real harm that big industrial companies have been hiding from them. Thus, driving them to launch an environmental movement that aims to prohibit the indiscriminate use of pesticides, specifically DDT.
Answer:
1) Know the beliefs and attitudes of your audience to better communicate
Explanation:
In rhetorics, the speaker's or writer's goal is to affect their audience and get them to agree with their point of view. That's why it's extremely important for them to know their audience, including their beliefs and attitudes. In this case, the speaker/writer will try to make an ethical appeal (ethos) on the audience, trying to appeal to their social, religious, philosophical, ideological, and other values. There are two more types of appeal: logos (appeal to logic) and pathos (appeal to emotions).
S=subject, v=verb
1. s- word, v- was
2. s- I, v- put
3. s- cross, v- stood
4. same as 2
5. s- peace, v- is
6. s- soul, v- hangs
7. s- mansions, v- are
8. s- salvation, v- is
9. s- death of his saints, v- is
10. s- Christ my savior, v- walked
11. s- I, v- tarry
12. s- he, v- did
13. s- deep places of the earth, v- are
14. s- I, v- am
15. s- thy faithfulness, v- is
