Pretend that you are writing a persuasive essay about how high school students should start the school day no earlier than 8: 30 a. m. you know that you’ll need topical paragraphs that provide scientific evidence that supports your thesis. you also want to include a functional paragraph. in the space below, write the beginning (first three sentences) of this functional paragraph.

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene v of romeo and juliet. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: 15 therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. friar laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he knows that something bad will certainly happen to the lovers. feels that romeo is acting foolishly and should not get married. enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can others. wants to caution romeo about the consequences of his actions.

What is central purpose of the letter