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Debate “How Big a Threat is Global Warming?” page 616

Debate “How Big a Threat is Global Warming?” page 616. Al Gore “The Time to Act is Now” pages 617-621 Daniel B. Botkin “Global Warming Delusions” pages 623-628. Al Gore “The Time to Act is Now” pages 617-621.

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Debate “How Big a Threat is Global Warming?” page 616

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  1. Debate“How Big a Threat is Global Warming?” page 616 Al Gore “The Time to Act is Now” pages 617-621 Daniel B. Botkin“Global Warming Delusions” pages 623-628

  2. Al Gore “The Time to Act is Now” pages 617-621 • What is the name of the documentary Gore won an academy award for in 2007? Why did Gore win the Nobel Peace Prize? • Summarize the background on the politics of global warming in a few sentences. • List all the effects of global warming that Gore enumerates. • List the causes of global warming, according to Gore, and the solutions he proposes.

  3. Al Gore “The Time to Act is Now” pages 617-621 • Is Gore writing to change people’s minds or to alter their behavior? Give evidence from his essay to explain your answer. • Quote the lines and give the paragraph number that Gore uses to acknowledge the opposition to his argument. How does he deal with this opposition? (how does he refute the opposing argument?) 7. Why did Gore use a bulleted list following paragraph 4? Is it effective? 8. What did you know about global warming before reading Gore’s essay? Has reading the essay changed your views on the subject? Explain why or why not.

  4. Daniel B. Botkin “Global Warming Delusions” pages 623-628 • When and where did Botkin publish his essay “Global Warming Delusions”? List his degrees and job title. Summarize the predicted effects of global warming in a few sentences. • How does Botkin dispute claims that global warming will lead to the threat of plant and animal extinction and the spread of tropical disease? 11. Why does Botkin think that overstated concerns about global warming are a problem? What example does he offer o explain this point? 12. What is Botkins’s purpose in paragraph 5? What effect do you suppose he hoeps this paragraph will have on readers?

  5. Daniel B. Botkin “Global Warming Delusions” pages 623-628 13. Where does Botkin present the opposing argument that exaggerating the threat of global warming is a good thing? Quote the lines and give the paragraph number. 14. List the evidence Botkin presents in the essay. Clearly state if it is fact or opinion, and write the paragraph number for each piece of evidence. 15. Is his evidence convincing? Explain why or why not.

  6. Global Warming Debate 16. Briefly summarize the arguments made by Gore and Botkin and explain which writer you find more convincing. Provides specific evidence from both essays to support your position. 17. Where in the Gore’s essay does he use inductive reasoning? 18. Where in Botkin’s essay does he use inductive reasoning? 19. Write a syllogism for either Gore’s essay or Botkin’s essay.

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