Audience:
Identify evidential support.
Purpose:
Topic:
Identify the claim.
What type of evidence is shown through each quotation?“. . . 9.6% of US residents, or 31.1 million people, lacked health insurance.”
What makes each piece of evidence effective?“. . . 9.6% of US residents, or 31.1 million people, lacked health insurance, according to the National Health Interview Survey . . .”
Which type of appeal is used in each quotation?“I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.”
“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.”
What makes this appeal convincing?“I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.”
What makes this appeal convincing?“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.”
Which of the following sentences use ethos or pathos to appeal to emotions? Check all that are correct.
Which type of evidence does this passage use?
Identify the claim.
Which counterargument is addressed here?
The statement “Government regulation, job loss, and the ever-present problem of how to pay for universal health care are factors this country is not prepared to surmount” is what part of the overall argument?
What counterargument is addressed?
What argument does the author use to prove that the counterargument is flawed?
Complete the sentences.The concluding paragraph appeals to ethos by referencing
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