Young adults (those under 18) are protected by the law, even when they brake the law. in most states, people under the age of 18 can be charged with breaking the law, but they can receive lesser punishments than adults committing the same crimes. one of the reasons is that young people are too immature to make adult decisions. they are more likely to make mistake and should not be punished as harshly for these mistakes. in your response, argue against this point of view. use the rhetorical device logos to prove that young adults should be treated the same as adults. be sure to introduce your point view in the topic sentence, support your view point with details, address the counter-claim presented in this prompt, and end your response with a concluding statement.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader