1) i am concerned about the school board’s decision to make every senior participate in 40 hours of community service in order to graduate. (2) although i believe that students should volunteer in their communities, i don’t agree that participation should be required. (3) many teenagers have jobs after school and on the weekends to them save money for college. (4) other students care for their younger siblings. (5) most students are involved in one or more school activities. (6) along with all of these responsibilities, students must still study for class. (7) i understand that the school board wants to show students the importance of volunteerism, but i think that students will find volunteer projects more rewarding when they are not forced to participate. (8) i hope that you will give this matter some thought and consider another course of action.

sincerely,

alexis vargas
which of these best states alexis’s purpose in writing this letter?
a) to explain the details of the volunteer program
b) to determine why the school board enacted the volunteer program
c) to argue to the principal that the volunteer program shouldn’t be required
d) to convince the principal that the school board doesn’t have the students’ best interest in mind

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile

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