Part B Now you will write opening and closing statements for your debate. Each statement should be one to three minutes long.

The opening statement will introduce the topic of the argument and should include the following elements:

a hook that grabs the attention of the audience
a presentation of the topic of the speech
a thesis statement that will note a clear purpose or message of the speech
The closing statement helps bring the debate to an end and should include the following elements:

a reminder of the purpose of the debate
a summary of the main points made during the debate
a note on why your argument is better than your opponent's argument
Remember, no new arguments should be presented in the closing statement.

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

What is mostly clearly a disadvantage of living in a world dominated by the presence of televisions according to niel postman?