{"id":246,"date":"2016-05-17T13:50:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T13:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/?post_type=chapter&p=246"},"modified":"2016-08-29T20:16:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T20:16:38","slug":"try-it-supporting-claims","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/chapter\/try-it-supporting-claims\/","title":{"raw":"Try It: Supporting Claims","rendered":"Try It: Supporting Claims"},"content":{"raw":"

Reading Journal Component #6<\/h2>\r\n
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To Do<\/h3>\r\nReturn to your reading selection and the Try It: Thesis exercise you did previously. As part of that exercise, you identified 2 topic sentences from your selected reading.\r\n\r\nNow, look more closely at the paragraphs where those 2 topic sentences came from.\r\n
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  1. Write a paragraph that identifies\u00a0the type of support that each paragraph from the reading uses to reinforce each of those 2 topic sentences. Are they narrative or personal examples? \u00a0Are they facts or statistics? \u00a0Are they quotes or paraphrases from research materials?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Write another paragraph that compares the effectiveness of the supporting claims of one of the selected paragraphs against the other one. \u00a0Which seems more successful in its goal? \u00a0Why do you feel that way?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"

    Reading Journal Component #6<\/h2>\n
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    To Do<\/h3>\n

    Return to your reading selection and the Try It: Thesis exercise you did previously. As part of that exercise, you identified 2 topic sentences from your selected reading.<\/p>\n

    Now, look more closely at the paragraphs where those 2 topic sentences came from.<\/p>\n

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    1. Write a paragraph that identifies\u00a0the type of support that each paragraph from the reading uses to reinforce each of those 2 topic sentences. Are they narrative or personal examples? \u00a0Are they facts or statistics? \u00a0Are they quotes or paraphrases from research materials?<\/li>\n
    2. Write another paragraph that compares the effectiveness of the supporting claims of one of the selected paragraphs against the other one. \u00a0Which seems more successful in its goal? \u00a0Why do you feel that way?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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