Collection 4
Guiding Questions
from “Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?” by Robert Davis
“Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens” by Allison Aubrey
“Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?” by Robert Davis
Read the article “Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?” by Robert Davis. Then, reread the lines
indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence.
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Lines 1–7: Which statement describes the central idea of the article?
Lines 39–49: Which details support the author’s statement that states have begun to
restrict 16-year-old drivers? Explain how the details in these two paragraphs
connect to the overall central idea in the article.
Lines 55–68: What conclusion can you draw about what a “baby boomlet” is? Why
does it create urgency about laws related to teenage drives?
Lines 84–88: In what way might the speaker be considered an expert about teenage
driving? Why does the author end this section of the article with her quotation?
Lines 136–151: Which details in the text support the author’s central idea? How does
this detail connect to the supporting details the author has already presented?
Lines 242–255: What comparison does the author make? How do the ideas
presented in these last paragraphs of the article connect to the author’s central idea?
Lines 251–255: What makes this quotation an effective way to end the article?
“Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens” by Allison Aubrey
Read the article “Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens” by Allison
Aubrey. Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing
text evidence.
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Lines 5–15: What type of reasoning does the author use?
Lines 21–25: What is the central idea of the article? What details in the text support
the central idea?
Lines 37–41: What type of reasoning is the author using here? How do you know? In
what way does the reasoning in the paragraph support the author’s claim?
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