Identify each part of your writing assignment.
Identify each part of your writing assignment.
✔ using controlled firesvisiting wild areasX fighting wildfires
to inform readers about forest firesX to entertain readers with stories of heroic firefighters✔ to argue in favor of or against controlled fires
X forest rangers✔ peers and adultsfirefighters
Imagine that you are writing an argument against the use of school uniforms. Which statement would be a logical claim?
What reasons on the website support the claim that prescribed fires help? Check all that apply.
Which facts can be used to argue against controlled burns? Check all that apply.The number of escaped fires seems to be trending up. We do not know how many of the “success” burns might have been near misses.The estimated number of prescribed burns is 4,000 to 5,000 per year.The report does not say how destructive the escaped fires were, only how many there were.The report admits that prescribed burns have elements of risk and uncertainty. One percent of the burns cannot be proven successful.
The cost is too high.✔ Favorable conditions do not last.X Controlled burns happen in the spring.
✔ the weatherthe slopesX the pine woods
X “moisture”“consume”✔ “ignore”
X to show that the words are spokento show that the words are foreign✔ to show that the words are used questionably
Which piece of evidence is most helpful to support a claim opposed to prescribed burning?
Which is the best rebuttal to this anti-burn viewpoint?
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