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Exercise 2

1. Identify the position, the reason, and the reason's basis and map them in the appropriate kind of boxes:

According to Choice Magazine's November issue, GPS (Global Positioning System) isn't a worthwhile purchase for country people, because the mapping data still has big gaps outside major centres.

Copy and paste sections of the above text onto the scratchpad of the editor to proceed.

Hints

• Look for indicator words to provide clues about argument structure
• Identify and map the claims
• Identify the basis which supports the reason
• Select the proper basis icon and type in the necessary details

2. Check your work against the model.

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