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Understanding elements of argumentation
prosecutor: a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone
my Notes
Second Read
• Reread the passage to answer these text-dependent comprehension questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Key Ideas and Details: What is the writer’s purpose? Who is the writer’s audience? How do you know? Use textual evidence to support your answer.
2. Key Ideas and Details: What is the writer’s claim? Is it clear to the audience? Use textual evidence to support your answer.
3. Craft and Structure: Paragraph 2 mentions a counterclaim. Restate the counterclaim in your own words. What evidence and reasoning does the writer use to counter or refute the claim?
Working from the Text
4. Based on the thesis, what is the next point the writer will make about the right of employers to ask for access to Facebook?
5. Notice that the writer ends the paragraph with an interrogative sentence. Why is this an effective mood to use as a transition to the next major idea of the essay?
Beginning to Construct an Argument
6. Think of a technology-related topic that has two sides that can be argued. Decide which side of the issue you want to argue. Brainstorm possible topics and claims.
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