Question

License to Drive

there is no reason why a person who is fifteen years old should not be allowed to get a driver's license. There is nothing magic about the number of years in a person's age. Teenagers can learn from having to maintain a vehicle. The real issue when considering whether teens should drive or not is their level of responsibility.

Driving a car puts you in a position of great opportunity and risk. Driving too fast, or recklessly, is dangerous. You can endanger your own life. You can also endanger the lives of everyone else on the road. Listening to the radio or texting friends has caused many accidents on the road. But responsible drivers have the wide-open road in front of them and endless opportunities.

For a teenager who has already proven to be a responsible person, the ability to drive provides many benefits. For one, it encourages further development of responsibility. By rewarding a responsive teen with the freedom of driving, society teaches the teen that responsible behavior pays off in the long run. The parents of the teen will also benefit by not having to drive their teen around to work, school and extracurricular activities.

In contrast, a responsible teen who were denied the right to drive may think, "What's the point of trying to be responsible?" This lesson can carry over into school, work and personal life. If teenagers feel like their parents do not trust them, they may begin to doubt themselves.

Some people question whether fifteen-year-olds are old enough tod rive. My answer is that some are. Some are not. The question is not the numerical age of the person, but how mature they are. If mature and responsible teens are given the opportunity to drive, them everyone benefits. Those who are not responsible should not be aloud to operate a vehicle. But don't punish everyone just because of a few bad apples.



How reasonable is the author's opening claim, "There is no reason why a person who is fifteen years old should not be allowed to get a driver's license"?

Question 1 options:

not reasonable because it ignores valid objections that could be raised


not reasonable because it assumes that all teenagers want to drive


very reasonable because the author proves that there are no risks to teens driving


very reasonable because the author makes an objective claim and supports it

Question 2 (1 point)
Which of these sentences is LEAST important to the essay and could be deleted?

Question 2 options:

Some people question whether fifteen-year-olds are old enough to drive.


The real issue when considering whether teens should drive or not is their level of responsibility.


This lesson can carry over into school, work and personal life.


Teenagers can learn from having to maintain a vehicle.

Question 3 (1 point)
The author primarily supports the claims made in this passage with

Question 3 options:

statistics (logos)


reasoning (logos)


anecdotal evidence (pathos)


expert testimony (ethos)

Which of the following is the BEST way to combine the following sentences from paragraph 4?

My answer is that some are. Some are not.

Question 4 options:

My answer is that some are, then some are not.


My answer is that some are, but some are not.


My answer is that some are, or some are not.


My answer is that some are, for some are not.

When the author says, "don't punish everyone just because of a few bad apples," he is

Question 5 options:

urging the audience not to generalize all teens based on a few bad drivers.


making an ad hominem attack against teenagers by calling them apples.


using loaded words to appeal to the audience's fear of teen drivers.


rationalizing the notoriously poor decisions of teenage drivers.

Which of the following sentences from the passage has an error in capitalization?

Question 6 options:

there is no reason why a person who is fifteen years old should not be allowed to get a driver's license.


But responsible drivers have the wide-open road in front of them and endless opportunities.


By rewarding a responsive teen with the freedom of driving, society teaches the teen that responsible behavior pays off in the long run.


If teenagers feel like their parents do not trust them, they may begin to doubt themselves.

What change should be made to the following sentence?

Steven, 14, a Murdock High School freshman, went to ground search rescue school at Fort Irwin last Spring, a program run by the Civil Air Patrol.

Question 7 options:

change Fort to fort


change Spring to spring


change freshman to Freshman


change program to Program

Answer 1

A N S W E R S

Question 1

→very reasonable because the author makes an objective claim and supports it

Question 2

→Teenagers can learn from having to maintain a vehicle.(a little suspicious about it)

Question 3

→ Reasoning

Question 4

→My answer is that some are, but some are not.

Question 5

→urging the audience not to generalize all teens based on a few bad drivers.

Question 6

→there is no reason why a person who is fifteen years old should not be allowed to get a driver's license.

Question7

→change Spring to spring.

Answer 2

Answer: Who the heck know do it yourself

Explanation: