What is the topic/opinion being expressed by the speaker? What facts does s/he use to support that opinion?
What could you do in order to verify that the speaker's facts are indeed true? Where could you look for confirmation?
If you could find the “perfect” piece of evidence to support the position of the speaker, what would it be? For example, would it be a statistic, a quotation or a scientific study?
What do you think the speaker believes in, to take that particular point of view? In other words, what is her or his political perspective?
Brainstorm at least three other points of view on this issue (include both those that agree with you and those that oppose). What other people or groups might disagree with the speaker and why? Who else might have a different interpretation?

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.