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Have you ever been asked to share your opinion on a topic?
Proposition and Support
Should kids get paid for doing chores?
Is wearing a bike helmet really necessary?
How old is old enough to date?
Is it right to share gossip?
Did you just say what you thought, or did you give reasons for your opinion?
Proposition and Support
If you did give reasons for your opinion, then you presented a proposition as well as support.
A proposition is an important idea or opinion. To get people to agree with a proposition, a writer must provide support—reasons the idea is good or the opinion is right.
Proposition and Support
PROPOSITION
Kids should be paid for chores.
SUPPORT
Kids wouldn’t bother
parents for money.
SUPPORT
Kids would learn to be responsible
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There are four main kinds of support.
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STATISTICS
EXAMPLES
ANECDOTES
EXPERT OPINIONS
One in five families in Petitville pays kids for chores.
Child psychologist Dr. Loya says paying kids for chores fosters maturity.
The Joneses pay for chores, and their kids never ask for money.
Kids could be paid to take out trash, wash dishes, cut grass.
Facts that support a proposition are like the legs that hold up a table. Which two sentences support the proposition on the tabletop?
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Dogs should always be kept on leashes.
•Loose dogs can get hit by cars.
•Dogs make good pets.
•Most dogs are friendly.
•Loose dogs can hurt people.
Now check your answers.
Proposition and Support
Dogs should always be kept on leashes.
Loosedogs can get hit by cars.
•Loose dogs can get hit by cars.
•Dogs make good pets.
•Most dogs are friendly.
•Loose dogs can hurt people.
Loosedogs can hurtpeople.
In “Broken Chain,” Alfonso and his friends ride their bikes without holding on to the handlebars. They also balance friends on their handlebars.
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What do you think the author of “Road Warriors: Listen Up” would say to Alfonso and his friends?
To analyze “Road Warriors, Listen Up: Some Rules for Streetwise Biking,” first identify the proposition in the opening paragraph.
When you ride a bike on city streets, you share the road with speeding fire engines, ambulances, and police cars. You see—but can’t see around—giant-sized trucks with eighteen wheels instead of your two. Sports cars and SUVs zip in and out of lanes. Everyone’s in a hurry, and there you are, with less protection than anyone else in a moving vehicle. Your best defense is your good sense. To ride a bike safely—on highways or byways—you’ve got to know the rules of the road.
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Analyze the writer’s support for her proposition. Find at least one supporting reason in each body paragraph.
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