Using+evidence

Directions: Complete each of the following tasks


 * Task 1: Read the two arguments below and based on this information write a thesis statement explaining your opinion of the topic. Your thesis must express a clearly developed idea and present some sense of how you will defend it. Do not us the word I in your thesis.**

The drinking age in the United States should remain at 21 years old. Lowering it would be unsafe. Drunk driving fatalities decreased when the drinking age of 21 was widely established in the 1980s. Since this law was enacted, the number of young people killed annually in crashes with drunk drivers under 21 has been cut in half, from more than 5,000 individuals in the early 1980s to around 2,000 in 2005. || The Drinking age in the United Stats should be lowered to eighteen. When a person turns eighteen they are able to join the military and fight in a war. This is not logical, a person can be sent to fight and die but cannot have a drink. Eighteen is also the legal voting age. If a person is considered responsible enough to select the president of our country they should be responsible enough to drink alcohol. By lowering the drinking age eighteen year olds will feel that they are being treated as adults and will act more responsible. ||
 * **The Legal Drinking Age Should be 21** || **The Legal Drinking Age Should be 18** ||


 * Step 2: Select two pieces of evidence from the text that supports your thesis.**


 * Step 3: Using the evidence you selected write a well constructed paragraph defending your thesis statement.**