If we get rid of the death penalty, it will only cause more crime. we need to keep the death penalty, so that crime will be reduced.

what is faulty about this argument?
a) the argument presented is circular.
b) it makes sense only to those who already believe it.
c) it argues from authority, as if authority were inherently truthful.
d) the argument unfairly attacks everyone who feels differently as ignorant.

Excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest���in the gale���is heard��� and sore must be the storm��� that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm��� [3] i've heard it in the chillest land��� and on the strangest sea��� yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb���of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird " a crumb of me" what type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

Which of the following is a possible theme statement for the topic “edna and her children”? a mother needs to put her children’s needs ahead of her own.children can sometimes come between a married couple.grandparents can with raising children.the needs and demands of others prevent individuals from being true to themselves.

Match the elements of historical analysis to the corresponding information about the gettysburg address.