Question 4
The first subpoint which the author raises is that younger drivers have more fatalities per person than older drivers. Of the choices below, what is the strongest and most effective type of support the writer might use to make this point more clearly and forcefully?
(Keep in mind: in this question, you are looking for support for this point, not additional points, nor contradictory information.)
Group of answer choices
A. Explain that young people often lack the maturity necessary to grasp the significance of safely driving a vehicle that has the potential to harm or kill others.
B. Include statistics (such as from from insurance companies or government agencies) showing that automobile fatalities among young drivers are greater than those of older drivers.
C. Give an example of someone the writer knows who had a car accident.
D. Complain that young people are often looked down upon, but that most of them are mature enough to understand the consequences of their actions.
E. all of the above
F. none of the above
Question 5
The writer includes evidence to support his point that younger drivers cause more fatalities per person than older drivers in the following sentence:
The AAA Foundation analysis shows that from 1995 through 2004 crashes involving 15,16, and 17 year old drivers took the lives of 30,917 people.
Yet, this evidence is incomplete and does not clearly support the point. Why?
Group of answer choices
A. The evidence lacks credibility because the writer doesn't say where the information came from.
B. The numbers are too high to be believable.
C. The writer uses statistics. Everyone knows that statistics can be made to say anything anyone wants.
D. The writer never compares the numbers of fatalities of the younger drivers to those of the older drivers, thus never actually showing that younger drivers have more fatalities than older drivers.
Question 6
The writer includes evidence to support his point that younger drivers cause more fatalities per person than older drivers in the following sentence:
It's estimated that 16 year olds are 3 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers.
Yet, this evidence is incomplete and does not clearly support the point. Why?
Group of answer choices
A. The evidence lacks credibility because the writer doesn't say where the information came from.
B. The numbers are too high to be believable.
C. The writer uses statistics. Everyone knows that statistics can be made to say anything anyone wants.
D. The writer never compares the numbers of fatalities of the younger drivers to those of the older drivers, thus never actually showing that younger drivers have more fatalities than older drivers.
