Question

In the text box below,

Answer 1

Answer:

Main argument:

Music should be a part of every school's curriculum at every grade level. The reason is because of the benefits that it brings.

Main supporting arguments:

1. Students would be much smarter and develop skills.
2. It lets children use their imagination.
3. It gives children something positive to do.
4. Music builds self-confidence. It gives children a sense of accomplishment and success.

The evidence line used for each supporting argument:

• Argument 1: lines 5 to 7, "A study by the College Entrance Examination Board reported, "students with 20 units of arts and music scored 128 points higher on the S.A.T verbal and 118 points higher in math". A Rockefeller Foundation study states that music majors have the highest rate of admittance to medical school."

• Argument 2: line 8 -"It provides students a chance to try out their own ideas" according to the California Educator.-

• Argument 3: line 12, "...on her website "The Musician's Brain" Lois Svard explains how music stimulates "mirror neurons"....help them emphasize with each other.

• Argument 4: line 16 and 17 -As reported in the California Educator, "it gives [students] self-confidence and a feeling of importance to have a skill someone appreciates. They are also learning how to accomplish something from beginning to end and actually come out with a product that they can be proud of"-

Explanation:

The arguments are at the beginning and the end of each paragraph.

The pieces of evidence that support the arguments are always studies, or things said by remarkable institutions, magazines, or websites that specialize in music, education, and assessment.

We can see that the text does give the reasons and credible prove with each of them, making the text reliable.