Writing an Argumentative Essay about Fire Prevention
Question 8 • AZ-English Language Arts 9 B
Read the body paragraph that Giovanna wrote for her argumentative essay.People need to think about water usage because they waste water without even realizing it. Between 5–10 percent of homes have water leaks. Those leaks add up to 90 million gallons of lost water every day!
Answer
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At the beginning of the paragraph, she should add a quotation.
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At the beginning of the paragraph, she should add a topic sentence.
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At the end of the paragraph, she should add a relevant counterclaim.
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At the end of the paragraph, she should add a link back to the claim.
Explanation
The paragraph begins with a topic sentence: it says people should think about water usage because they may waste water without realizing it. The leak statistics support that point, but the paragraph would be stronger if its ending connected the evidence back to Giovanna’s main claim. So she should add a link back to the claim at the end.
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