Answer: D) At 18, people are more mature and better able to make mature decisions.
Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see the description of the speaker's point of view about raising the driving age from 16 to 18 years old. The speaker thinks that teenagers should not be allowed to drive until they are 18, because most 15 and 16 years old are too immatures to make decisions and take responsibility of their driving. The sentences that best support the author's position is that at 18, people are more mature and better able to make mature decisions.
In the passage summoned means blocked
Answer:
I am pretty sure it is free verse because there is no pattern or anything in this poem, and it seems like a poem done freely.
Answer:
The irony of these lines is that Jonas lied about the busy pleasant night he had had and his father did it too, unaware that what he was doing was very wrong.
Explanation:
These lines from The Giver show us great irony.
The irony is that that day, Jonas discovered how his father killed an innocent twin baby. This was not pleasant for Jonas, however when he tells his parents he says something else and that is the irony.
In turn, his father also lies saying that he had a busy and pleasant day. The irony is also in those words, since there is nothing pleasant in killing a baby. The irony is that his father did not know what he was doing, as these people have had all feelings and emotions suppressed, and he believed he was doing his job.
Answer:
It was too weak.
Explanation:
The central government couldn't collect taxes to fund its operations. The Confederation relied on the voluntary efforts of the states to send tax money to the central government. Lacking funds, the central government couldn't maintain an effective military or back its own paper currency.
