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The Mayor says
Before you write your own, let us sharpen your eye. A writer who can tell a pillar from a plank, and who can face the other side without flinching, can build an argument that carries a stranger across.
Three ways to sharpen your eye before you write your own. No grades here, just practice.
Pillar or plank?
Send each one to where it belongs.
Match the part of the bridge
Tap a part of the Bridge on the left, then the sentence that does its job on the right.
The part
The sentence
Finish the bridge
Here is the Mayor's bridge for "our school should start the day later," with one footing missing. Which line belongs under the pillar, so the footing both proves the reason and answers the other side?
- The claim Our school should start the day later.
- A pillar Better-rested students learn more and are safer, especially the ones who drive.
- Its footing
- The far bank Ask your student council to propose one pilot day, designed with working families.