Activity 2.5 • Apply the Checklist of Essential Elements in an Argument Apply the Checklist of Essential Elements in an Argument (discussed on p. 50) to “The Web Means the End of Forgetting” or another text that your instructor speci- fies. In your group or individually, check off the following elements and be prepared to explain your selections. z A debatable issue z A clearly stated position, claim statement or thesis z An audience z Evidence from reliable sources z Acknowledgment of the opposing argument z A conclusion and/or call to action

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war

what are the main ideas?