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Evidence Chains and the Warrant — Homework
Practice building evidence chains with a clear warrant, then build one for your own essay.
- 1.What is missing if a paragraph has a reason and a statistic but no warrant sentence?
- 2.Write a warrant sentence linking this evidence to this reason: Reason -- phones in class hurt focus. Evidence -- a study found students who kept phones nearby scored lower on a memory task.
- 3.Find or recall one statistic, one expert statement, and one real example that all support the same reason in your op-ed.
- 4.Write the warrant sentence tying those three pieces of evidence back to your claim.
- 5.Which of your three pieces of evidence is weakest, and how could you strengthen or replace it?
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