Group Members: Briana Do, Zushan Liu
- Drunk drivers are involved in more than 50 percent of traffic deaths.
- Hard evidence – direct facts are included in statement
- DNA tests of skin found under the victim’s fingernails suggest that the defendant was responsible for the assault.
- Hard evidence – dna test results
- Constructed argument – suggestion that the defendant is guilty
- A psychologist testified that teenage violence could not be blamed on video games.
- Constructed argument
- The crowds at President Trump’s inauguration were the largest on record.
- Constructed argument – no supporting, direct numerical value of crowd at Trump’s inauguration compared to previous inaugurations
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
- Constructed argument – this is an opinion
- Air bags ought to be removed from vehicles because they can kill young children and small-framed adults. (Based on the activities in Lunsford, p. 63)
- Constructed argument – no evidence or factual statements to back up claim