Copy and paste your thesis statement here so that I can review it before you can begin writing the body portion of your argumentative speech. Use one of the starters below to construct your thesis statement. Sample introduction starter FOR legal reform:

The United States should consider reforming some of its laws, specifically, those which are affected by [list one or two amendments you want to change] because [explain three reasons why one from each of your three sources].

Sample introduction starter AGAINST legal reform:

The United States should not reform many of its laws, specifically those which are affected by [list one or two amendments you think should be maintained strongly] because [explain three reasons why the amendment already works well or should not be changed, one reason from each of your three sources].

Respond to one of the questions below. include at least two supporting details or examples. a. in “the literature of the middle east and south asia,” laura winkiel writes: “these stories us to understand the complex questions that middle easterners and south asian people ask as they stand at a crossroads of cultural and religious change.” explain how this statement applies to one of the selections you read. be sure to include the title of the selection and explain the crossroads that it illustrates. b. setting and mood are important elements in many of the stories in this unit. choose one story and describe some aspects of its setting: where it takes place; what mood is created by the details of weather, place, and time; and how this setting to convey the theme of the story. c. what did you learn about the role of women in the societies described in the reading selections in this unit? describe how the women cope with the conflicts they encounter. note: if you respond to essay (c), you may not choose the similar essay in the unit 3 unit test.

Twenty years gone, and i am back again on my own island. as for my change of skin, that is a charm athena, hope of soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man sometimes and sometimes young, with finer clothes about me. it is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low. —the odyssey, homer based on what odysseus says in the passage, what has he learned? humans can become like gods. humans are under the gods’ control. humans can change from beggars to soldiers.

When you wear your earbuds while working out, your sweat damages them and they die sooner