- Part 1 IWritingaParagraph
Opinionsarenotacceptableassupport.It is certainlyacceptabletoexpressopinions
inacademicwriting.Infact,mostprofessorswantyoutoexpressyourownideas.
However,youmaynotuseanopinionassupport,andifyouexpressanopinion,you
mustsupportit withfacts.Factsareobjectivestatementsoftruths.
Atsealevel,waterboilsat 100 degreesCelsius.
Womenlivelongerthanmen.
Cigarettesareaddictive.
OPINION
FACT,BUTNEEDSPROOF
SPECIFICSUPPORTING
DETAIL
PRACTICEI
Specific
Supporting
Details
Sometimesevenfactsneedproof.Whileallthreestatementsabovearefacts,the
lasttwoneedproof.Yourreadersmaynotbelievethatwomenlivelongerthanmen,
ortheymaynotagreethatcigarettesareaddictive.YouhavetousespecificsuppOli-
ingdetailstoprovethatthesestatementsaretruefacts.Kindsofspecificsupporting
detailsincludeexamples,statistics,andquotations.
Photographsofultrathinfashionmodelssendthewrongmessagetogirlsand
youngwomen.
Fashionmodelsareunnaturallythin.
Theaveragemodelweighs 25 percentlessthantheaveragewomanofthe
sameheight.
Step 1 Decidewhichofthefollowingstatementsisanopinion,a factthat
needsproof,ora specificsupportingdetail.Write
- 0 foropinion
- F-NPforfactthatneedsproof
- SSDforspecificsupportingdetail
Step 2 Discusswithyourclassmateswhatspecificsupportingdetailsyou
mightusetosupportthesentencesyoumarked 0 andF-NP.
Thefirstthreehavebeendoneforyouasexamples.
F-NP 1. Peoplewhostealidentitiesdoa lotofdamagebefore
theirvictimsbecomeawareofit.(Thewritercouldgivean
exampleofa personwhowasvictilnizedbeforenoticingit.)
o 2. Punishmentforidentitythievesisnotsevereenough.
(Thewritercouldgiveanexampleofa typicalpunishment.)
55D 3. Lastyear,thelossesofvictimstotaledmorethan$7billion.
____4. Identitytheftismoreseriousthananyothertypeoftheft.
____5. Identitytheftis increasingata rapidpace.
____6. In2000,31,000casesofidentitytheftwerereportedtotheFederal
TradeCommission(FTC);in2003,thenumberwas210,000.
____7. Mostpeopledonotreportidentitythefttothepolice.
____8. In2003, 60 percentofidentitytheftvictimsdidnotnotifythe
police,accordingtotheFTC.
____9. Identitythefthappenstoordinarypeople,notjusttothewealthy.
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