Answer questions 1–6 on p. 135 of The Language of Composition. (2nd edition: Answer questions 1–6 on pp. 582–83.)

1. The thesis is “the lack of adequate shut-eye can have detrimental effects on the health and academic performance of teenagers, increasing their risk for early morning car crashes, suicidal tendencies, depression, binge drinking, drug overdoses, and bad grades, research has shown”. This thesis contributes to the prompt by addressing how the later start time can help students. However it does not address the cons.

2. The author establishes their ethos by relating to the audience in the first paragraph of sleep deprivation, and relation with her recent surgery.

3.the author talked a lot more about pros than cons. They had one little section about cons and they did not really back it up with evidence.

4.the author uses many different studies as her evidence.

5.no

6. Add more information on to the cons so it’s not as biased.

Explanation:

it is geoffrey chaucer