Read the next excerpt from “A Plea for the Oppressed” by Lucy Stanton. Use the highlighting tool () to mark examples of logos, pathos, and ethos in yellow. Read the footnotes to understand new vocabulary. Click on the question mark icon to read the questions. Then answer each question in the Notebook tool (

Proofread the passage and identify the spelling and punctuation errors. no one knows the exect cause of diabetes. most people who get type 2 diabetes are older, but now younger people are being diagnosed with it. like many young people, you are probably thinking, "why should i be concerned about diabetes? " the truth is that both the center for disease control and the american diabetes association are quite alarmed about the increase in type 2 diabetes among young people. information gathered in the 1990s showed a rapid increase in type 2 diabetes in children. during the 2000s, this trend is continue. scientists who study diabetes are finding that 85 percent of the children who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight. but that is just one reason for the increase. children are at risk for type 2 diabetes if they are inactive, have a family history of diabetes, or are from african american, american indian, or asian american families.

Which prediction does this passage best support? the seven commandments will become a new religion. o snowball will fall off the ladder and injure himself. o the animals will not see the commandments on the wall. the pigs will eventually change the seven commandments.

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?