Imagine you are trying to convince your parents that changing the high school
start time from 7: 10 a. m. to 8: 30 a. m. would make their lives easier. which
appeal would most likely move this audience to support your cause?
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a. studies show that teenagers' bodies have a biological drive to stay
awake fairly late at night, so early start times lead to a constantly
overtired student population.
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b. i consulted the records in the office, and they show that 75 percent
of the students at our school arrived late to at least one class in
the last semester
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c. i know how much it frustrates you when i sleep through my alarm
and have to ask you to drive me to school. i know i would be able
to get up on time if i were able to set my alarm a little later.
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d. you probably don't remember how hard it is for young people to
get up early, but i am a teenager, and i'm telling you, it's practically
impossible.

Once you’ve chosen a topic, what should you do next?

What argument does thomas jefferson make in this excerpt from the declaration of independence? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. a. b. c. the american colonists desire a more peaceful alliance with great britain but their british counterparts do not. the american colonists have a right to seek freedom from great britain due to the continued oppression of their basic rights. the american colonies could form a better government than the one established by great britain to govern them. the king of britain and the members of british parliament have little interest in the welfare of the colonies. od. e. the american colonies should have sufficient representation in british parliament if america and great britain are to coexist peacefully.

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements. it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom. oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs. it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable