SPES #1: ​The author uses statistics to build their claim that the change for juvenile offenders

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being charged is positive. In the passage, Gordon states that “...Their actions become public and
put lifetime restrictions on education, housing, career and financial opportunities.” This shows
that teenagers being tried as adults for misdemeanors can negatively impact them in the future.
Another statement also reads, “...young defendants receive an array of counseling, medical, and
rehabilitative help, and their names and other details about their crimes remain confidential.”
This shows that, if they are sent and tried in juvenile courts, they are more likely to not commit
crimes in the future as they are receiving help. Overall, Gordon uses statistics and facts to prove
how juveniles not being tried as adults is a positive change for future career and medical choices.

SPES #2:​ Achebe builds suspense for the chapter’s climax, the death of Ikemefuna, by using
internal monologue and irony. In the text, Ogbuefi Ezeudu states, “ ‘Do not bear a hand in his
death’” to Okonkowo (Achebe 57). The author’s use of irony builds suspense because, at this
point, the reader does not know whether Okonkwo will be involved in Ikemefuna’s death, which
he eventually is. Another example in the text comes from Ikemefuna’s thoughts. In the text, he
sings a song to “settle the matter [his mother’s wellbeing] the way he use to settle such matters
when he was a little boy” (Achebe 60). This inner monologue also includes dramatic irony that
emphasizes Ikemefuna’s innocence. Overall, the use of irony, such as Okonkwo’s role, and inner
monologue, such as Ikemefuna’s song, shows and builds suspense to the chapter’s climax,
Ikemefuna’s death.