Use the drop-down menus to analyze the writing prompt. Format: X essay✔ paragraph
Topic: ✔ arguments about universal health care healthcare costs in the United States
Audience: voters✔ a general audience
Purpose: explain universal health care✔ compare and contrast arguments
Identify the claim.
Identify a reason that supports the claim.✔ The United States has seen significant gains in the number of people covered by health insurance.X The percentage of people under 65 who were uninsured all year decreased by 42%.The largest change in insurance rates occurred after 2013.
What elements did you include in your answer? Check any of the boxes that apply.
What type of evidence is shown through each quotation?“. . . 9.6% of US residents, or 31.1 million people, lacked health insurance.” analogicalX anecdotal✔ statisticalempirical
“My brother Bob knows all about this risk . . .” analogical✔ anecdotalstatisticalX empirical
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 . . .”
“My brother Bob knows all about this risk . . .”
Which type of appeal is used in each quotation?“I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.” logosX pathos✔ ethos
“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.” X logos✔ pathosethos
What makes this appeal convincing?“I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.” X It uses scientific logic and statistics.It appeals to emotion and pity.✔ It shows the doctor’s credibility.
What makes this appeal convincing?“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.”
Which type of evidence does this passage use?empiricalX statisticalanalogical✔ anecdotal
Identify the claim.
Identify the reason.
Identify evidential support.
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