Level 5 Writing; Choosing Types of Support Week 1

Individual citizens cannot always understand the impact of their actions.  Therefore, the government has the responsibility to make laws to protect the environment from individuals.

• personal experience

• examples

• expert opinion

• reason

• facts and statistics

Society needs an educated public. If children do not receive a proper education at a young age, it is safe to say that they will not succeed in life and society as a whole will suffer.

• reason

• facts and statistics

• personal experience

• example

• expert opinion

There are many diseases caused by smoking, such as heart disease, lung and throat cancer and asthman, just to name a few.

• reason

• facts and statistics

• personal experience

• example

• expert opinion

While I was lucky to have found positive characteristics in my childhood friends, many were not that lucky and ended up with the wrong crowd.

• Personal experience

• expert opinion

• example

• reason

According to a recent study, fifty percent of children who grow up without strong positive role models suffer from depression and anxiety when they become adults.

• personal experience

• expert opinion

• example

• reason

• facts and statistics

Because they do not require gas, hybrid cars reduce dependency on fossil fuels, which helps lower prices at the pump. 

• personal experience

• expert opinion

• example

• facts and statistics

• reason

I once spent three hours researching the benefits of online games.

• reason

• facts and statistics

• personal experience

• expert opinion

For instance, boys are usually encouraged to play with car toys and engage in sports activities.

• personal experience

• reason

• fact

• example

• expert opinion