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I. Identify the elements of the argumentative essay below. Be guided by the questions that follow.
Mobile Phones Should Be Banned While Driving
The risk of getting into a car accident while talking on a mobile phone while driving is growing as the number of mobile
phone subscribers increases. Engaging in a phone conversation on a mobile phone while driving distracts the brain and
delays reaction times which are more likely to cause drivers to swerve between lanes, slow down and miss important
signs. Mobile phones should be banned while driving because they are risky.
An Australian study conducted in 2005, estimated that the risk of a collision when using a mobile phone was four times
higher than the risk when a mobile phone was not being used. 456 drivers who owned phones, were involved in crashes.
By collecting these drivers’ mobile phone records, scientists determined those who made telephone calls just before the
time of the crash. Case crossover analysis of mobile phone habits enabled the scientists to calculate the increase in risk.
Even hands-free devices were not that safer.
An earlier study in 2003, integrated data from questionnaires, mobile phone companies and crash records kept by the
police. It found that the overall relative risk (RR) of having an accident for mobile phone users when compared to non-
mobile phone users averaged 1.38 across all groups. The RR was then adjusted for kilometers driven per year and other
crash exposures. When this was done RR was 1.11 for men and 1.21 for women. The study also revealed that increased
mobile phone use correlated with an increase in RR.
However, there are some objections to the call for the ban of mobile phone use while driving. According to the Associated
Press, CTIA – The Wireless Association, a mobile phone trade group in America, objected to a complete ban. Its vice-
president, John Walls, is reported as saying, “We think that you can sensibly and safely use a mobile phone to make a
brief call.”
Although there are objections, there is sufficient evidence to prove that using a mobile phone while driving is risky. Using
a mobile phone while driving, taxes the cognitive skills of the brain at the expense of driving. The vast majority of drivers
have no idea that using the mobile phone while driving is risky.
Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

1. Is the writer in favor of banning the use of mobile phones while driving?
a. Yes b. No c. undecided
2. What do you call the first sentence of the essay?
a. Introduction b. hook c. thesis statement d. concluding statement
3. What do you call this statement, “Mobile phones should be banned while driving because they are
risky”?
a. Introduction b. hook c. thesis statement d. concluding statement
4. What background information was presented in order to support the claim?
a. Engaging in a phone conversation on a mobile phone while driving distracts the brain and delays
reaction times which are more likely to cause drivers to swerve between lanes, slow down and
miss important signs.
b. Case crossover analysis of mobile phone habits enabled the scientists to calculate the increase in
risk. Even hands-free devices were not that safer.
c. Four hundred fifty-six (456) drivers who owned phones, were involved in crashes.
d. The RR was then adjusted for kilometers driven per year and other crash exposures.
5-7. Choose 3 letters that provide the pieces of evidence that were given by the writer to support his stand.
a. Case crossover analysis of mobile phone habits enabled the scientists to calculate the increase in risk.
b. An Australian study conducted in 2005, estimated that the risk of a collision when using a mobile phone was four
times higher than the risk when a mobile phone was not being used.
c. The study also revealed that increased mobile phone use correlated with an increase in RR.
d. The RR was then adjusted for kilometers driven per year and other crash exposures.
e. Engaging in a phone conversation on a mobile phone while driving distracts the brain and delays reaction times
which are more likely to cause drivers to swerve between lanes, slow down and miss important signs.
8. What counterclaim was presented by the writer?
a. There are some objections to the call for the ban of mobile phone use while driving.
b. When this was done RR was 1.11 for men and 1.21 for women.
c. Vice-president of the Associated Press, CTIA – The Wireless Association, John Walls, is reported as saying, “We
think that you can sensibly and safely use a mobile phone to make a brief call.”
d. It found that the overall relative risk (RR) of having an accident for mobile phone users when compared to non-
mobile phone users averaged 1.38 across all groups.
9. What was the writer’s response to the counterclaim?
a. John Walls, is reported as saying, “ We think that you can sensibly and safely use a mobile phone to make a brief
call.”
b. Using a mobile phone while driving, taxes the cognitive skills of the brain at the expense of driving.
c. There are some objections to the call for the ban of mobile phone use while driving.
d. According to the Associated Press, CTIA – The Wireless Association, a mobile phone trade group in America,
objected to a complete ban.
10. What kind of supporting information did the writer use in order to convince the reader that mobile phones should be
banned while driving?
a. quotation b. anecdotes c. statistics d. headlines
II. 11-16. Give the elements of an argumentative essay?

17. What is an argumentative essay?
18. What is an argument?
19. What is a hook?
20. What is a thesis statement?

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I. Identify the elements of the argumentative essay below. Be guided by the questions that follow.

Mobile Phones Should Be Banned While Driving

Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

II. 11-16. Give the elements of an argumentative essay?

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