2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
O A "Children and adults are different, a fact the law
routinely recognizes when juveniles are
prohibited from buying beer or casting a vote." (
Paragraph 1)
B "Yet in recent years, many states have decided
to sentence more children to the longer periods
of incarceration normally reserved for adults,
especially for serious and violent crimes." (
Paragraph 2)
OC "Studies comparing the recidivism rates of
youth processed in the juvenile system with
those handled in the adult system indicate that
youth processed in the adult system are likely to
re-offend more quickly and at higher rates."
Paragraph 5)
OD "For too long, we have defaulted to
incarceration as a way to respond to all manner
of adolescent behavior." ( Paragraph 7)
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In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next