Identify How a Writer Supports a Position - Practice 2

Look at the writer's goal and how details are selected to advance it.

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Look at the writer's goal and how details are selected to advance it. Persuasion may use accurate evidence but still leave important questions open. Evaluate a claim without assuming advocacy makes it false.

Worked example

A memo urging repairs may highlight delays and missing parts. Those details support action but do not alone compare every possible repair plan.

Would you believe it?

Some is not the same as all. Changing that one word can strengthen a claim beyond the evidence.

Original fiction: An Argument for Evening Access

A fictional workshop memo asks the center to test one evening opening each week. It quotes three members who cannot attend afternoon sessions and points to unused benches after staff training ends. It does not estimate staffing costs or survey all members. The proposed trial would record attendance for a month. The writer presents a possible access problem and a limited way to investigate demand.

Question 1 What action is advocated? closing all afternoon sessions permanent twenty-four-hour access a trial evening opening

Question 2 What evidence suggests an access problem? a completed year-long attendance study three members cannot attend afternoons a survey of all members

Question 3 Which issue remains unmeasured? staffing costs the proposed trial length the existence of unused benches

Question 4 What would the trial record? every member's income the center's entire history attendance for a month

Question 5 Which summary avoids overstating the case? Unused benches prove staffing is free. Some examples motivate a limited demand test. Every member needs evening access.

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