Respuesta :
Answer: You never gave us the paragraph. Get back to me with the aragraph and I can help. :)
Explanation:
Paragraph 4 is "Then the river whispered, “Get ready. Get ready.”"
The author compares our dependence upon fossil fuels with slavery and being an addict. How this comparison relates to other instances of the author's use of extreme language is of how much we now depend on fossil fuels for tasks.