Read the passage. Imagine that a person pays taxes to the government, but has no say in how the government uses the money. This situation is very real for teenagers with jobs. The voting age in the United States is 18, but many teenagers start to work when they are 16. This means some teenagers have to pay taxes but do not have a voice in elections. The voting age should be lowered. As the Founding Fathers said, "No taxation without representation.” What purpose does the juxtaposition serve in the passage? It suggests that teenagers should not pay taxes. It argues that teenagers should earn their money. It explains why teenagers should be allowed to vote. It emphasizes that many teenagers should work harder.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

In the revolution 2.0 note the wording of the protest guidelines.what word choices create a tone of reason and control? how might this tone affect the readers

(01.03 mc) what does the conversation between marcus and his father reveal about their characters? a marcus doesn't agree with the regulations put in place, but his father does. b marcus's father doesn't agree with the regulations put in place, but marcus does. c marcus's father thinks the regulations provide security, and so does marcus. d marcus wants stricter regulations to be put in place, and his father agrees.