Read the following passage and then respond to the directions below.

Leo Panchello owns a small Italian restaurant along 19th Avenue. He's been making his own pasta for 30 years now, and his pizza is the legend of the neighborhood. Locals pack the place every evening, supping at his family style tables or enjoying cool drinks and the sunset on his patio.

Now picture Leo Panchello standing at his restaurant entrance surveying a parking lot as empty as the tables inside. All because of a torn up street and a ditch that makes it a hassle to get to Panchello's, even for his pizza.

Save our local businesses. Vote "No" on light rail.

Explain how the argument illustrates the slippery slope fallacy and why that fallacy makes the argument weak.

What does the word sequence mean in paragraph 7 of the passage

Match the sentence to its correct verb mood. 1. if i were you, i would take advantage of the extra time you have. subjunctive 2. use your time wisely. indicative 3. he uses his time wisely. imperative

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim