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What is the claim in an argumentative text?

Read the sentence. According to a study published in the American Bee Journal , pesticides can cause as much damage to bee hives as Varroa mites do. What type of evidence is used to support the claim in this sentence?

Which statements describe what to do when writing an effective summary of a speech? Choose three correct answers.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar . CASSIUS: Ay, do you fear it? Then must I think you would not have it so. BRUTUS: I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well. But wherefore do you hold me here so long? What is it that you would impart to me? If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i'th' other, And I will look on both indifferently; For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death. What moral dilemma does this excerpt express?

Read the passage from chapter 14 of The Prince. A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules, and it is of such force that it not only upholds those who are born princes, but it often enables men to rise from a private station to that rank. And, on the contrary, it is seen that when princes have thought more of ease than of arms they have lost their states. And the first cause of your losing it is to neglect this art; and what enables you to acquire a state is to be master of the art. Francesco Sforza, through being martial, from a private person became Duke of Milan; and the sons, through avoiding the hardships and troubles of arms, from dukes became private persons. For among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised, and this is one of those ignominies against which a prince ought to guard himself, as is shown later on. What type of evidence does Machiavelli use to support his claim that a prince should have no aim other than war and its rules and discipline?

Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar . CASSIUS: Then if we lose this battle, You are contented to be led in triumph Through the streets of Rome? BRUTUS: No, Cassius, no: Think not, thou noble Roman, That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome. He bears too great a mind. But this same day Must end that work the ides of March begun; And whether we shall meet again I know not. How does Shakespeare’s use of triumph instead of victory affect the meaning of the passage?

Read the excerpt from "A Latina Judge's Voice" by Hon. Sonia Sotomayor. Like many other immigrants to this great land, my parents came because of poverty and to attempt to find and secure a better life for themselves and the family that they hoped to have. They largely succeeded. For that, my brother and I are very grateful . The story of that success is what made me and what makes me the Latina that I am . The Latina side of my identity was forged and closely nurtured by my family through our shared experiences and traditions . How do the underlined words and phrases affect the meaning and tone of this passage?

Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech. Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West. The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront. Who is Reagan’s intended audience for this part of his speech?

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar , act 2, scene 2. DECIUS: Caesar, all hail! Good morrow, worthy Caesar. I come to fetch you to the Senate House. CAESAR: And you are come in very happy time To bear my greeting to the senators And tell them that I will not come today. (65) Cannot is false, and that I dare not, falser. I will not come today; tell them so, Decius. CALPURNIA: Say he is sick. CAESAR: Shall Caesar send a lie? Have I in conquest stretched mine arm so far, (70) To be afraid to tell greybeards the truth? Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come. What does the image of "in conquest stretched mine arm so far” suggest about the meaning of the passage?