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50db7152e1d1 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | Finally, Venus is the planet that is most like Earth and use to have to ability to support life. | Claim | Effective |
0edce5725cf4 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | In paragraph four the passage states,"Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This piece of text from paragraph four shows that Venus is the planet most like Earth and had the ability to support life because it use to be covered in ocean... | Evidence | Adequate |
89e7b46c66f3 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | In summary, we should continue studying the planet Venus despite the dangers because if anything were to happen to our planet, Earth, Venus would be the closest planet we could go to, we could learn more about Venus and the planet's harsh conditions, and because Venus is most like Earth and had the ability to support l... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
832050cf77cd | 7BE3B580C5DB | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" did a fair job at arguing their claim, that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | Position | Effective |
0f82b473d363 | 7BE3B580C5DB | The author used their thesis | Claim | Adequate |
e0b0f1ba3d8e | 7BE3B580C5DB | counter-arguements | Claim | Adequate |
1ba01d352531 | 7BE3B580C5DB | and rebutals to get across their point that Venus is a worthwhile investment to study. Some areas they exceeded and others they did not hit right on the ball. | Claim | Adequate |
c00070866a0a | 7BE3B580C5DB | The author throughout the essay did not convey a very well stated thesis. Typically, a writer of an arguementative essay would feature their thesis openly, so that the reader is able to see what side the author is pushing forward. However, this author did not do this. | Claim | Effective |
4d9484581f16 | 7BE3B580C5DB | The first paragraph introduces the topic of Venus with an interesting hook, but does not give the reader their side. The reader needs a thesis, without one the reader is not going to be able to have their opinion on a topic swayed. The author's current attempt at a thesis statement , "While Venus is simple to see from ... | Evidence | Effective |
01edcdfad9c0 | 7BE3B580C5DB | Beyond the thesis, the author used many counter-arguements in their writing. This is one of their strong suits, acknowledging both sides of an arguement is one of the best ways to convey your opinion affectively, while still being able to keep opposing side of the arguement interested and have their minds open to chang... | Claim | Effective |
b7651a7353f8 | 7BE3B580C5DB | The author is for the exploration of Venus, but consistently chooses to bring up the problems that doing so faces. The author writes about the difficulties about exploring Venus, because of the planet's extreme environment. They opposed their own side in paragraph three by saying, "These conditions are far more extreme... | Evidence | Effective |
590a099b51c0 | 7BE3B580C5DB | Furthermore, the author was able to affectively state rebutals and reinforce their own opinion with facts | Claim | Adequate |
523e294222dd | 7BE3B580C5DB | From the example stated earlier, regaurding the extreme conditions in Venus, the author was able to provide a logical solution to the weather without using any opinions. The author wrote,"NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow sceintists to float above the fray." The auth... | Evidence | Effective |
35678e424984 | 7BE3B580C5DB | The author of "The Callenge of Exploring Venus" did a fair job when arguing that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. While the author did accurately present the dangers and solutions for the dangerous parts of exploring Venus, they failed to create a strong thesis. The author exceeded when giving... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
2d8b62891e83 | 7C4E2E967B41 | People shouldn't be using cell phones while driving, because driving is really important and there are multiple things that can happen while driving that are bad.
| Position | Adequate |
3468f26f84f7 | 7C4E2E967B41 | In the .U.S. every year is 6 million. More than 90 people die in car accidents everyday. All they will have to do is just stay off the phone and save their life's. I know everyone loves their phone because I love mines too.
| Evidence | Adequate |
51bbb8543309 | 7C4E2E967B41 | I understand sometimes it could be an emergency | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8fe061e9a630 | 7C4E2E967B41 | but still at the same time, that's why you just turn your emergency lights on. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
4f4190ca2740 | 7C4E2E967B41 | When you learn how to drive, the people tell you that at all times keep your eyes on the road at all times. If you don't pay attention to the road you can cause yourself and someone else to die.
It's an increased risk of crashing. While driving your usage might be banned so you won't be able to use your phone while dr... | Evidence | Adequate |
5b31aef0a402 | 7C4E2E967B41 | Cell phone use while driving has become a leading cause of vehicle crashes over the last two decades. Drivers are distracted, decreasing the driver's awareness on the road, leading to more car crashes. It's extremely dangerous in horrified accidents. | Claim | Adequate |
ffe81817a14d | 7C4E2E967B41 | Everyone wants to be free and safe and not have to go through court and the hospital.
| Evidence | Adequate |
3c5d847eae3e | 7C4E2E967B41 | Teens are only supposed to be on the devices a certain amount of time and this goes for teens and adult that drive.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
ac064f078a07 | 7C4E2E967B41 | Also you can get in a car accident by having a lot of people in the car and loud music those are called distractions and then on top of that, that's like the quicks way to get a ticket. | Claim | Ineffective |
bb6b2158a04c | 7C4E2E967B41 | There are so many ways to lose your life in just a little amount of time. You can be in the car and your and you can be horse playing and you looking back them a car can run into your car then all of you and your friends are dead. This is like something everyone who got their licenses should know, because they had to p... | Evidence | Adequate |
eca3c5909bb3 | 7C4E2E967B41 | To conclude, Just to know, everyone be safe because nobody needs to try to end their life too soon and easily. Keep your phones off and pay attention to the road at all times . Ignore all distractions most difficulty and everything will be okay and great. Driving is very serious at any times. People who can't really se... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
bede2deac529 | 7C8B867A0A1A | Cars, they help us get from point A to B in a shorter amount of time, but at what cost. | Lead | Ineffective |
89219583de77 | 7C8B867A0A1A | Cars are a large source of stress | Claim | Adequate |
338538fc24f2 | 7C8B867A0A1A | produce large ammounts of pollution, | Claim | Adequate |
d5782c12f1de | 7C8B867A0A1A | and seem, even now, to be going out of style. | Claim | Adequate |
1f2c57917375 | 7C8B867A0A1A | Cars are a luxury, not a necessity, and now they might not even be as usefull. | Position | Adequate |
b837c312d57e | 7C8B867A0A1A | More and more people are putting down the car keys and choosing instead to take a bike or bus. Cars are just too stressful to be a necesity. | Evidence | Adequate |
c24dc76ffcb3 | 7C8B867A0A1A | In Vauban, Germany, many people are giving up engines. According to the
New York Times,
"70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars," showing that life can go on efficiently even without a car. | Evidence | Adequate |
40e5301d3d7d | 7C8B867A0A1A | Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent is some car-intensive areas in the united states, acording to the
New York Times . Paris actually enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city after days of near-record pollution. The ban was... | Evidence | Adequate |
8f51ce1f4690 | 7C8B867A0A1A | A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009 in the united states. Bogota, Colombia even becan a "car-free day" in wich all cars, besides busses and taxis, are banned in this capital city of 7 million for an entire day. Violaters of this ban are fined $25. "It's a good... | Evidence | Adequate |
4c54e56b8b57 | 7C8B867A0A1A | In conclusion, cars are a hiderance. Cars are stressful and cumbersome objects, getting rid of them would help reduce stress in the population. Cars are high contributers to pollution, creating smog and causing problems. Also, cars are a comodity that is being used less and less. People are putting down the car keys an... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
6222b61d06aa | 7C9AA3346458 | I belive my claim for or against the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions are invading our private space | Claim | Adequate |
92fab68e5437 | 7C9AA3346458 | What i'm trying to say is what if they computer says the wrong things or if we feel something that could be embarrasing or offended it'll cause us to either become more emotional or angry/offended. | Evidence | Adequate |
0f316b20a018 | 7C9AA3346458 | I believe you will also be taking jobs of those who have went to college to major in this type of senarios | Claim | Adequate |
42fc8bfb78e4 | 7C9AA3346458 | If you are taking all of this for people to have it on a computer software then you are no better than hispanics or immagrants taking people jobs because it'll lessen the chance of people even knowing or wanting to become in their life. | Evidence | Ineffective |
79dd4fbdde3a | 7C9AA3346458 | we need to advance technology to better help people | Claim | Adequate |
91b02892a470 | 7C9AA3346458 | people still have their rights and beliefs and you would be crossing the line in my opinion if you were to believe this idea. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
fc519aa27370 | 7C9AA3346458 | I say let the professionals handle it who are in some ways the same way cause the computers would be screening us humans when there are other professional humans to relate or more capable of helping someone than a software and if the system goes wrong then what will you guys do then? What i'm trying to say is just let ... | Evidence | Adequate |
c9bfeed4aa50 | 7C9AA3346458 | stop replacing humans with machines | Position | Adequate |
af7b5cec1eb2 | 7CE58A7E90FD | These photo's that were taken by NASA are rock formations. | Position | Adequate |
cefbb51292d1 | 7CE58A7E90FD | These photos were taken in 1976, 1998, and in 2001. People thought that the formations were from other living things that are on Mars. Nasa took several pictures of these rock formations because they were shaped like humans. The rock formations starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows... | Evidence | Ineffective |
fcfb6a54cb88 | 7CE58A7E90FD | Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos | Claim | Adequate |
3f7abbd75941 | 7CE58A7E90FD | Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. | Evidence | Adequate |
ef22624374fb | 7CE58A7E90FD | What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West. | Claim | Adequate |
c65e147b90fb | 7CE58A7E90FD | It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. After taking several more photographs of these landforms people started to realize that they were natural landforms and not made by other living thi... | Evidence | Adequate |
e825d5e2f6ad | 7CE58A7E90FD | NASA put the photots on JPL web sites so that people could see these pictures up close. Few cientisct thought that these artifacts were made by aliens | Claim | Adequate |
3ee5f46d5e45 | 7CE58A7E90FD | When NASA first took a picture of these faces they said that the face was staring back at the camera. They looked like Egyptian Pharaoh's. | Evidence | Adequate |
36ad838cebc9 | 7CE58A7E90FD | There was no alien monument after all. The pictures actually show a butte or a mesa landforms comman aroiund the American West. These are natural landforms becuase scientitst say that there is no life on Mars. NASA took pictures in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
4b18af8ac060 | 7CE58A7E90FD | If there were objects in the pictures like an airplane on the ground or an Egyptain style pyramid or even a small shak you could see what they were. | Evidence | Adequate |
9a6c29aa6d62 | 7CF45AD6A333 | Traveling to Venus is a dangous task.
Even with the right equipment and gear the atmosher of Venus still might not be safe.
| Claim | Adequate |
63f8bac2bbcf | 7CF45AD6A333 | Scientists have been looking into going to Venus.
It has been proven that it is not safe to be on it or near the surface of the plant.
A group of scientist from NASA are looking into inhabiting Venus.
They are sending ships that nobody is on to collect data, but unfortulnlly that ships only lasted a few hours on the... | Evidence | Adequate |
28aec7502447 | 7CF45AD6A333 | If there are no more of the planets then we could go to Venus, but we should explore others first to see if they are more suitable for people to live on. | Position | Ineffective |
4aaf45400b7b | 7CF49F831E85 | The Facial Action Coding System enables computer to identify human emotions in the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile" it is shown that this high tech software can recognize how you are feeling for example if you smile a scanner will send the data to the computer and the main thing that the computer has to know is the mu... | Lead | Adequate |
50b56dbf5607 | 7CF49F831E85 | The Mona Lisa one of the most known peice of art from the Renaissance area made by Leonardo Da Vinci's is said to be the only painting at that time that seems to be a woman smiing but that is false. The Mona Lisa was actually showing more then just a smile she was showing three more different emotion besides happyness.... | Evidence | Adequate |
b145f5ab500e | 7CF49F831E85 | So this computer can be also useful to see what people from the past felt during those time to see if they had any emotions or did they not. | Position | Ineffective |
ec2884c936c1 | 7CF49F831E85 | In my conclusion emotion can be easy to find threw high tech software but we as human can see the person emotions to but the only differents is that we see the main picture and not the littlest one's. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
d898d8606e26 | 7D08A1D7086A | Drivers should not be able to have the use of a cellphone while conducting a vehicle. People die every day in car accidents because they use cell phones while driving. Each year over 330,000 accidents happen due to being distracted over a phone. Studies show that a cell phone puts drivers at a four time greater risk | Lead | Adequate |
1a3dd75e8a8e | 7D08A1D7086A | Although many people support using cell phones while driving, there are evidences and studies showing that the use of a cell phone while conducting a vehicle is dangerous and people should avoid using them while driving. | Position | Effective |
1840d2619508 | 7D08A1D7086A | When driving, sometimes it is difficult to focus on the road, which makes it easy to forget that everyone else shares the roads as well | Claim | Effective |
355412c3143c | 7D08A1D7086A | Many cannot focus fully on the road and the other vehicles, if one keeps talking on phone consistently while driving. This is what leads to fatal accidents. People may think they can multitask while conducting a vehicle and using their cellular devices but in reality that is not the case. Studies show that no matter ho... | Evidence | Effective |
ca310993a5d4 | 7D08A1D7086A | Hands-free phones are just as disturbing as holding a phone. | Claim | Adequate |
6ae2e6009e2c | 7D08A1D7086A | They both serve the same purpose when it comes to distracting the driver from the road. Although hands-free devices do not increase safety, but causes the same amount of distraction as if one were holding a phone. They both serve the same purpose when it comes to distracting the driver from paying attention to the road... | Evidence | Effective |
a25782679e4f | 7D08A1D7086A | Many drivers keep their cell phones in their vehicles. However, when it rings, they are not going to ignore it because of how tempted they will be to reach for it. Therefore, they lose all concentration while driving, and all the focus is on the phone | Claim | Effective |
0d137d3c4e10 | 7D08A1D7086A | Many States have rightfully stopped local governments from prohibiting cell phone use while conducting a vehicle due to many fatal accidents. Many people continue to do it and not follow the law. In addition, for those people are who to blame for when someone innocent loses their life because of someone else being dist... | Evidence | Adequate |
ba9b4c5f1724 | 7D08A1D7086A | Not only should cellular devices be prohibited completely but, the law as well should be changed to not having a device at all while conducting a vehicle. This will prevent many accidents as well as saving many lives. Many people already do not follow the law and maybe never will. Only way they will actually respect th... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
8782e016ccd8 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | Imagine you're on a cattle boat about to dock. You are helping by giving the animals away to poor people. Well Luke Bomberger did just that. Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 time and the Pacific Ocean twice to go help peole that were stuggling. | Lead | Adequate |
e38292d7332f | 7D378AEFD0C3 | You should become a Seagoing Cowboy | Position | Adequate |
530e03ed7167 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | you would help people in need | Claim | Adequate |
83b5a1663528 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | it's a once in a lifetime expirience | Claim | Adequate |
b6c18f5d9821 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | it is fun. | Claim | Adequate |
77ca94c11e47 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun. | Claim | Adequate |
a1f57607ad77 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | Other might think it isn't fun at all | Counterclaim | Adequate |
b99184ecd00a | 7D378AEFD0C3 | However, in the text it states that the cowboys play basketball and volleyball. The text aslo states that they would have table tennis tournaments, boxing, fencing, reading, and they would play games. These details prove that maybe you'll have fun being a Seagoing Cowboy. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
2f18a6ed298e | 7D378AEFD0C3 | I believe that it is an once in a life time expirence | Claim | Adequate |
181648553229 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | Others might look the other way and think the opposite. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
a5c850ea4365 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | However, Luke said that it was a once in a lifetime expirience | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
74108b70ffd6 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | Also, in the text it said that Luke got to see the Panama Canal. These details prove that maybe you'll get to see a lot more if you become a Seagoing Cowboy. | Evidence | Ineffective |
b6aeff504088 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | I belive that becoming a Seagoing Cowboy helps people. | Claim | Adequate |
cf3d9f9b597c | 7D378AEFD0C3 | Some people think that you could get hurt yourself then who whould help you? | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
9be48dc4f9f7 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | However, in the text it states that it helped people who lived in Eurpoe and China. Also, in the text it states that it made people more aware of other people in other countries. These details prove that you could help a lot of people in need. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
65a371c86858 | 7D378AEFD0C3 | , you should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you would help people in need, it is a once in a lifetime expirience, and it is fun. Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantisc Ocean 16 times and the Pacific twice to go help people in need. So, you should go and sign up to become a Seagoing Cowboy | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
85c2fe353f8a | 7D577B9D3888 | The principal can decide a lot of things, but not decide what a student does before or after school | Lead | Ineffective |
9e36d9be4d7a | 7D577B9D3888 | I disagree with the principal's idea of making all students do one extracurricular activity. | Position | Adequate |
c349ea31c054 | 7D577B9D3888 | First issue is, it extends an already drawn out school day, making the day last an extra hour or two | Claim | Ineffective |
39c2ecb609bd | 7D577B9D3888 | Also, a student's talent may not represented in a club, therefore making them feel left out | Claim | Ineffective |
da57a038a686 | 7D577B9D3888 | Finally, students may have outside of school routines, or work they must do, and this rule interferes with their routine. This idea is taking away a bit more of a student's free will, thus leading to my argument | Claim | Adequate |
070b09169b38 | 7D577B9D3888 | could make students feel left out because their talent isn't represented | Claim | Ineffective |
294d0d3d401f | 7D577B9D3888 | School can already be long and tiring, so there's no need to make it longer for students. | Evidence | Effective |
cea53650f8b1 | 7D577B9D3888 | While some may enjoy sports or other extracurricular activities, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
30d1b4beb604 | 7D577B9D3888 | those who do not are wasting their time by doing an activity they may not enjoy. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
a6c86c0bf53b | 7D577B9D3888 | Some students may be very good in a certain thing, such as writing stories, or sculpting, or some other talent that isn't very popular. This then leads to them having nowhere to go, leaving them with something they don't enjoy. If the school doesn't have a club or activity that suits them, then they shouldn't have to p... | Evidence | Effective |
3d7513d0098f | 7D577B9D3888 | In the morning, most students have a routine they follow. If they have an activity that begins 45 minutes before school, they have to rearrange their whole schedule. This can lead to them losing sleep, not getting a good enough breakfast, and generally under prepared for school. If a student has an after school activit... | Evidence | Effective |
fbcff3566840 | 7D577B9D3888 | I disagree with the principal's idea. It lengthens out a long school day, can make students feel left out, and can mess with a student's schedule. It doesn't seem fair for the school to control a student's out of school time. While school is important, it shouldn't be a student's entire life, they need breaks from it. ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
3fa450cff31e | 7D59699BB70F | One of the advantages of getting rid of cars is traffic | Claim | Adequate |
9c013ad60faf | 7D59699BB70F | Cars is a major isssue because mostly in the mornings people are tryin to get from one place to another at the same time. This action causes Death,car wrecks,etc. Bogota colombia- In aprogram thtas set to spread to other countries millions of colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses during a car free day to avoid t... | Evidence | Adequate |
06f53db1f92a | 7D59699BB70F | Another cars is a bad idea is because of its gas. | Claim | Ineffective |
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