Excerpt from viewpoints on vaccines todd cotterman and janice rowker excerpt 1: the ingredients in vaccines are shocking. besides the bacteria that supposedly build up a child’s immunity to disease, many vaccines also contain aluminum, monosodium glutamate or msg, and formaldehyde. that last ingredient is a known carcinogen. can you imagine injecting a healthy newborn with a known cancer-causing agent? excerpt 2: most people received vaccinations as children and led healthy lives, so they do not understand how their children could be in danger. the truth is children today receive more vaccine doses than we did when we were young. do you remember getting the chicken pox? today, we vaccinate kids against this common childhood disease. while the chicken pox is not fun, there is no reason to immunize a child against it. after having the chicken pox, your body builds up a natural immunity to it. as a parent, i know that i do not want unnatural chemicals in my children’s bodies. what is the overall tone created by the use of rhetorical questions in the second passage? question 4 options: the use of rhetorical questions scares the reader and creates a more fearful tone that the first passage. the use of rhetorical questions confuses the reader and creates a more ominous tone than the first passage. the use of rhetorical questions delights the reader and creates a more humorous tone than the first passage. the use of rhetorical questions engages the reader and creates a more personable tone than the first passage.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.

1, cuz the others are too short. plus, it should be "does anyone want icecream? "