Julie is writing a persuasive essay. She’s arguing that all schools should require students to read for 15 minutes each day. After doing some research, she finds out that students who read for 15 minutes each day during the school year will read the equivalent of 36 whole school days. A student who reads for only 5 minutes a day will read for only 12 additional school days. Which type of supporting detail is Julie using as her main support?

A.
anecdotes
B.
statistics
C.
rhetorical questions
D.
expert testimonies

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine