Building an Argument troduction
Which evidence supports the claims? Choose one piece of evidence for each claim.
Claim: We are headed into a recession,
vidence
2
Cal Anecital and Local
Antal and Logical
c. Acederal. Lagical
Evidence Holiday sales were low
Evidence: A recession is more
likely when more people are
unemployed
Claim: Companies should provide free lunch to their employees.
Evidence A good nutritionist can Evidence Employees work more
develop lunches for large groups effectively when they have easy
like schools or businesses
access to healthy foods
Claim: It is harmful to teach small children to believe in Santa Claus
Evidence Santa Claus is a
Evidence. After learning that
Santa Isn't real. ch dren find it
beloved figure
harder to have faith adults
SUBNET

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.