Young adults (those under 18) are protected by the law, even when they break 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 mistakes 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 of view in the topic sentence, support your viewpoint with details, address the counter-claim presented in this prompt, and end your response with a concluding statement.

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

In twelve years a slave, northup realizes he cannot trust anyone after his kidnapping except hamilton and brown god the physician the women who gave him drink

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.