Argumentative Review

A. present; first-person

B. present; third-person

C. past; first-person

D. past; third-person

F. “Basketball is a difficult sport to master.”

G. “Unless you’re willing to put in the time and effort and have a certain level of athleticism and hand-eye skills, you will not be successful.”

H. “You will be pushed out of the sport because of what it demands.”

J. “In volleyball, those barriers are lower.”

A. Athletes who are unsure about which sport to play should choose volleyball.

B. Volleyball is as difficult and important as basketball.

C. Sports are easy for people at professional levels.

D. Not all sports can be both competitive and fun.

F. “The relationships you form when working that hard at something stay with you forever.”

G. “Personally, I chose volleyball because it required work.”

H. “I resent that this article implies volleyball players have somehow chosen an ‘easier’ path.”

J. “I am always refining my skills and my knowledge of the game.”

A. The author says that volleyball is tough and competitive.

B. The author claims that volleyball is tiring.

C. The author describes why volleyball is fun.

D. The author points out that many young women choose volleyball.

F. Jing believes young women choose to play volleyball because it is fun not because it is easy.

G. Jing believes that young women play volleyball because it is tough and competitive not because it is easy.

H. While Jing knows that many people think volleyball is an easy sport, she believes volleyball is tough.

J. Jing knows that young women find out that volleyball is tough and competitive after thinking it was an easy sport.

A. Olympic volleyball players

B. Volleyball players over the age of 30

C. young women who might want to play volleyball

D. players who still have not mastered the sport

F. to inform readers about her volleyball friends

G. to entertain readers with volleyball stories

H. to explain how to play volleyball

J. to convince readers that volleyball teaches life skills

A. Jing states that she chose to play volleyball because she was awkward.

B. Jing states that she chose to play volleyball because it was challenging.

C. Jing states that she chose to play volleyball because it involved jumping.

D. Jing states that she chose to play volleyball because she got to swing hard.