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.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

What is the most likely inference a reader can make about eliza's emotional state

Which traits are strongest in your persuasive eassy: ideas, orginization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, or conventions? (provide textual evidence from your persuasive essay to support your answer.)