Which of the following statements is a claim of definition? a. all states should raise the minimum driving age to 18 years old. b. if a 16-year-old is not old enough to vote and enlist, he should not be able to get a driver’s license. c. the federal government considers anyone over the age of 18 to be an adult. d. most states set the minimum age for marriage at 18, but some allow it at 16, which is too young.

Claim of definition/fact is based on facts or data that the audience will accept being objectively verifiable so the answer is D

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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