Reаd the fоllоwing pаssаge then answer the questiоn. When the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, in September 1620 on its historic journey to the New World, three of its 102 passengers were pregnant. The fate of the three pregnant women and their children illustrate the fears that early American women facing childbirth must have held for themselves as well as for their children's survival. One of the passengers, Elizabeth Hopkins, gave birth at sea to a baby boy she named Oceanus. Oceanus Hopkins died during the Pilgrims' first winter in Plymouth. Two weeks after Oceanus's birth, Mayflower passenger Susanna White bore her son, Peregrine, who lived into his eighties. The spring after the Mayflower arrived in Plymouth, passenger Mary Norris Allerton died giving birth to a stillborn baby. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, nearly one and one-half percent of all births resulted in the death of the mother from exhaustion, infection, dehydration, or hemorrhage. Since the typical mother gave birth to between five and eight children in her lifetime, her chances of dying in childbirth ran as high as one in eight. Even when the mother survived childbirth, she had reason to be anxious about the fate of her child. In even the healthiest seventeenth-century communities, one in ten children died before the age of 5. Less healthy settlements say three out of ten children dying in their early years. The author's attitude toward the facts is...
Purpоse: Present yоur first strоng reаson supporting your thesis. Must include: 1. Argumentаtive Topic Sentence Stаtes ONE reason supporting your claim Must connect directly to thesis Example starters: One major reason this is important is… This policy/idea is beneficial because… A key advantage of this is… 2. Evidence (NO research required)You can use: personal experience (“In school, I’ve noticed…”) common observations (“Many students struggle with…”) logical scenarios (“If this were allowed, then…”) general knowledge examples cause/effect examples anecdotes comparisons facts etc. 3. Explanation Explain HOW your example supports your claim Don’t just describe—connect it to your argument 4. Concluding Sentence Wrap up the idea Reinforce your point 5. Transition into next paragraph Additionally, Another reason, Beyond that,
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