Identifying-ed-para5+6

Identifying the Argument of an Essay

Spotting the Reasons in the Editorial (Sixth Page)

  Conclusion: The federal government should not dictate athletics schedules
(BECAUSE) Reason 1: Fairness to girls and boys teams should not be the only
                                         criterion for scheduling games. [This reason is not clearly
                                         stated in the editorial]
                      Reason 2: There are other criteria that should be taken into account
                                         in scheduling games such as the convenience of spectators
                                         and the popularity of a particular sport for the ticket-buying                                          public.
                      Reason 3: All these criteria should be taken into account and balanced
                                         in the scheduling of boys and girls athletic events.
                      Reason 4: There are times when the other criteria such as convenience,
                                         popularity, money (ticket-buying public) will be more important
                                         than fairness in scheduling girls and boys athletic events.
                                         [Please note that this reason is an ASSUMPTION which is
                                         left UNSTATED in the editorial]

This is what the argument structure looks like for paragraph 5. Let's go on to the
last paragraph of the editorial.