"Leaving Main Street' Progress Monitor - Catherine Colangelo | Library

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Read the passage "Leaving Main Street" and annotate it using Kami. Then, demonstrate your understanding by completing this progress monitor.

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Why is "Leaving Main Street" considered an argumentative text?

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Concluded with a definition of what it means to be human and a need to maintain those qualities, especially if other life forms exist in the universe.
Described a successful modern space exploration mission and what we learned from it.
Shifted to the particular pro-space exploration claim that the author wanted to support and provided four reasons to support the claim of it being "in our genes."
Identified a reason why the mission was nearly prevented and tied it into a common financial argument used against space exploration.
Refuted the negative argument by listing positive financial reasons for space exploration.

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
"In July, 2015, the world watched in awe as close-up photographs of Pluto streamed back to Earth from three billion miles away."		"Hook"- an interesting start to a passage to gain the reader's attention
“When we contemplate committing large sums of money to a project, we tend to dismiss reasons that are emotional or value-driven,” Michael Griffin (of Air & Space Magazine) says.		"Appeal to Authority/Quoted Words"-the use of experts and their statements to add weight or evidence to the author's claim or refute a counterclaim
"At a cost of six-tenths of a percent (0.6%) of the federal budget, it’s well worth the price."		"Appeal to Reason/Numbers & Statistics"- the use of facts and statistical data to add weight or evidence to the author's claim or refute a counterclaim
"Humans have always created monuments to commemorate our great achievements . . .we want to be remembered . . ."		"Appeal to Emotion"- the use of positive/negative connotations and/or examples that persuade a reader to feel a certain way

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"Everyone remembers being a kid and wanting to see what’s 'over there'."		"Bandwagon Technique"- a bias towards a particular claim because "everyone is doing it"
"And how can we be so narrow-minded as to think we’re the only ones out there?"		"Rhetorical Question"- a question that creates a dramatic effect or makes a point, instead of needing an answer
"Humans will not tolerate boundaries; their dream is to explore what’s beyond."		"Absolute Language"-a statement that may be exaggerated or seem to forbid doubt or questions, and admit of no exceptions (all or none)