Collection 4: Articles About Age Requirements for Drivers

As you compare Robert Davis's "Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?" and Allison Aubrey's "Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 4: Marigolds, poems about communication, When Do Kids Become Adults?, articles about age requirements for drivers
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  1. poll
    an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
  2. inconvenience
    cause discomfort to
  3. notion
    a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
  4. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  5. bane
    something causing misery or death
  6. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  7. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  8. distraction
    drawing someone's attention away from something
  9. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  10. fatal
    bringing death
  11. restriction
    an act of limiting
  12. complicated
    difficult to analyze or understand
  13. rigorous
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  14. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  15. proactive
    causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond
Created on Sun Jul 13 20:38:45 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:36:05 EDT 2014)

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