Argument Essay: Pandemic Dogs

What type of LEAD is this?

In a blog called Trupanion, Kelly Rascoe recounts her reasons for adopting a dog during the Coronavirus pandemic: pets can make wonderful companions. They can bring us joy, decrease our stress, and give us something to look forward to at the end of the day.

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Is this a LEAD or THESIS STATEMENT?

In the winter of 2019, a virus began spreading across the world.

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Is this EVIDENCE or a BRIDGE?

According to the Associated Press, a nursing home called Hebrew Home at Riverdale, New York decided to expand their pet program during the pandemic.

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Is this EVIDENCE or a BRIDGE?

This is because residents at the home felt lonely, depressed, and anxious since their relatives and friends could not visit.

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Is this EVIDENCE or a BRIDGE?

The staff could not seem to help one woman who was struggling with anxiety, but when a staff member brought a dog to her, “her behavior changed from crying to having her face light up and telling stories about her own experiences".

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Is this EVIDENCE or a BRIDGE:

This proves that dogs can make connections that humans sometimes cannot.

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Is this EVIDENCE or BRIDGE?

According to the Washington Post, many parents felt the pandemic was the perfect time to adopt a dog from the shelter.

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Is this EVIDENCE or BRIDGE?

Now that parents and children are home more often, it allows them time to train and give attention to a new dog.

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Is this EVIDENCE or BRIDGE?

Also, dogs help single people to stay motivated: Cathy Shield, a University of California, Berkeley graduate student said, “Having a dog is going to force me to get up early in the morning because at an absolute minimum, I have to let it out to pee”.

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Is this EVIDENCE or BRIDGE?

Being responsible for a helpless living being helps us to stay busy and focus on things than our own isolation.

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