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(1) each state should enact a law that makes wearing seat belts mandatory for all passengers and drivers in cars and
trucks. (2) statistics show that seat belts reduce serious crash-related injuries and deaths by fifty percent. (3) as a resu
of laws like this in various states, seat belt usage in the united states has dramatically increased in the past thirty years
(4) some people believe that the government does not have the right to force people to be safe, and that these laws are
unfair. (5) the bottom line is that seat belts are proven to save lives; therefore, everyone should be forced to wear one if
they want to travel by car or truck.
which sentence provides the reason for the author's claim?
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4

Athesis statement can be controversial

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

3. how could the following sentence be rewritten as an exclamatory sentence? how dangerous was the saber-toothed tiger? a. tell someone how dangerous the saber-toothed tiger was. b. the saber-toothed tiger was dangerous. c. the saber-toothed tiger was dangerous! d. no change is necessary. c. the saber-toothed tiger was dangerous!