Read the passage. (1) ask young people today if they know of anyone who has had smallpox, and they might ask, "what’s smallpox? ” (2) that is because this disease was eradicated from the planet decades ago, to vaccinations. (3) despite the obvious effectiveness of vaccination, opponents of this procedure argue that humans are better off fighting diseases on their own without adding anything potentially harmful to their bodies. (4) still, the american academy of pediatrics says that vaccines can be 99 percent effective, and the centers for disease control claims that, over a 10-year period, vaccines allowed 322 million children to avoid illnesses. (5) so the next time someone tells you that vaccines are poisoned apples that will lead to a fate like snow white’s, counter their argument with the facts. (6) the bottom line is that vaccines are safe to use and save lives. how can the writer use understatement in this passage? by changing the phrase “young people” to “most people” in sentence 1 by deleting the words obvious and potentially from sentence 3 by adding the phrase “so a few lives might be saved” to the end of sentence 4 by shortening the passage to only five sentences by removing sentence 5

An understatement is a form of figurative language in which the writer makes a situation seem unimportant when it actually is important. The correct answer is that in this passage is that the writer can use an understatement by adding the phrase "so a few lives might be saved" to the end of sentence 4. By using the word few, the writer is undermining the positive effect that the vaccine can have on saving lives.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

israel is a small country in the middle east about the size of the state of new jersey. the country has a diverse climate with snowy mountains in the north and the hot desert in the south. jordan, syria, and the palestinian authority all border israel to the east. lebanon serves as the northern border and egypt borders in the south.about two-thirds of the population was born in israel. all other israelis come from over 100 different countries. most israeli jews live a lifestyle similar to western europeans and north americans.israel's population is about 75 percent jewish; most of the rest is arab. the israeli-occupied palestinian territories have some 3.5 million inhabitants—about 11 percent jewish, 89 percent palestinian.because of israel's variety of terrain and climate, the country has a large variety of animals. boars roam the damp oak woodlands of the golan heights. caspian turtles live in the marshlands along the coast. and hyenas are prevalent in the negev desert region in the southern israel.israel is the only fully democratic country in the middle east. elections are held for seats in the knesset or parliament every four years. if a party wins 2 percent of the votes, the party gets one or more seats in parliament. no one party has control so they have to work together. the leader of the largest party becomes prime minister.the story of modern israel begins more than 3,500 years ago. most israelis are jews, who are said to be descended from the biblical figure abraham, through his son isaac.

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