Analyze Arguments

Read the following introduction: "Do you prefer chocolate or strawberry milk to regular milk? If so, you need to be aware that some educators and health experts want to stop school cafeterias from providing chocolate or other-flavored milk to students. The article “Chocolate Milk in School Cafeterias?” explains that this group of people are concerned that the extra sugar added to chocolate milk, or other flavored milk, is unhealthy. While excess sugar is certainly unhealthy, it would be unwise to take chocolate milk out of cafeterias."

What is the hook?

• A question

• A shocking fact

• A personal anecdote

• A quotation

Read the following introduction: "Do you prefer chocolate or strawberry milk to regular milk? If so, you need to be aware that some educators and health experts want to stop school cafeterias from providing chocolate or other-flavored milk to students. The article “Chocolate Milk in School Cafeterias?” explains that this group of people are concerned that the extra sugar added to chocolate milk, or other flavored milk, is unhealthy. While excess sugar is certainly unhealthy, it would be unwise to take chocolate milk out of cafeterias. "

What is the author's claim?

• Students should stop drinking flavored milk.

• School cafeterias should continue offering flavored milk.

• Student should prefer chocolate milk over strawberry.

• Flavored milk contains too much sugar.

Read the following introduction: "Do you prefer chocolate or strawberry milk to regular milk? If so, you need to be aware that some educators and health experts want to stop school cafeterias from providing chocolate or other-flavored milk to students. The article “Chocolate Milk in School Cafeterias?” explains that this group of people are concerned that the extra sugar added to chocolate milk, or other flavored milk, is unhealthy. While excess sugar is certainly unhealthy, it would be unwise to take chocolate milk out of cafeterias. "

What does the author explain in the background information?

• Chocolate milk is better than strawberry.

• Some people suggest not to sell flavored milk at school because of sugar in it.

• Cafeterias do not serve flavored milk.

• Strawberry milk is tastier than chocolate.

Read the following body paragraph: "The result of taking chocolate, or other flavored milk, out of the cafeterias would be worse than the little bit of extra sugar kids consume. Kids who buy the lunches in the cafeteria have very few choices. In my elementary school, there might be a choice between two main dishes, two vegetables, and two kinds of milk. That makes for a very limited lunch! In fact, I know plenty of kids who buy nothing but junk food for lunch, but even kids who are trying to eat a well-balanced diet still have just a few choices. Giving students a variety of great-tasting milks seems like a smart way to get them to make a healthy choice."

What is the reason given in this paragraph?

• Chocolate milk tastes better than plain.

• Students need to have more choice in their snacks.

• Students have a great choice of healthy snacks.

• All students always buy healthy snacks.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read the following body paragraph: "The result of taking chocolate, or other flavored milk, out of the cafeterias would be very negative. Kids who buy the lunches in the cafeteria have very few choices. In my elementary school, there might be a choice between two main dishes, two vegetables, and two kinds of milk. That makes for a very limited lunch! In fact, I know plenty of kids who buy nothing but junk food for lunch, but even kids who are trying to eat a well-balanced diet still have just a few choices. Giving students a variety of great-tasting milks seems like a smart way to get them to make a healthy choice."

What is the type of evidence highlighted green?

• Statistical

• Testimonial

• Anecdotal

• Analogical

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Read the following body paragraph: "Milk, whether white, chocolate, or strawberry, contains calcium, vitamin D, and protein, which are all necessary for growing kids. In addition, milk has many other vitamins and minerals that kids need. In fact, only five percent of the total added sugar in kids ’ diets is from flavored milk! Not only that, but one study showed that drinking flavored milk did not make kids any more overweight than other kids."

What is the reason given in this paragraph?

• Flavored milk makes children overweight.

• Children get 5% of their sugar from milk.

• Flavored milk does not contain any sugar.

• Flavored milk contains many nutrients and vitamins.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Read the following body paragraph: "Milk, whether white, chocolate, or strawberry, contains calcium, vitamin D, and protein, which are all necessary for growing kids. In addition, milk has many other vitamins and minerals that kids need. In fact, only five percent of the total added sugar in kids ’ diets is from flavored milk! Not only that, but one study showed that drinking flavored milk did not make kids any more overweight than other kids."

What persuasive technique is mostly used in this paragraph?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Testimonial

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

State the claim and the two supporting reasons.