He united states postal service recently issued a stamp to publicize the importance of spaying and neutering pets. 2few people realize what an enormous problem pet overpopulation is. 3a letter from the anti-cruelty society of chicago asking for contributions included this information: in june of last year, people turned in 446 cats, 360 kittens, 361 dogs, and 170 puppies. 4in july, the numbers were up, and, in august, they were higher yet. 5in fact, in three months, 4,215 pets were turned in. 6how could new homes possibly be found for all these animals? 7if you think these numbers are incredible, consider this: one unspayed cat can produce over 20,000 kittens in four years. 8even worse, every day, 70,000 unwanted kittens and puppies are born in the united states. stop the suffering of these homeless animals. 10have your pets spayed or neutered, and contribute to your local animal shelter to it publicize the pet population problem. how many supporting points does this writer offer?

it provides 4 supporting details, coming from 3,5,7, and 8

Tip: when you are looking for supporting details, look for things with statistics in them. Also, be sure that the detail is a fact not an opinion.

Some details are simply statements, and not supportive at all.

Ex of a supp. Detail:"Even ​worse, every​ day, 70,000 unwanted kittens and puppies are born in the United States. "

Ex of a non supp detail(statement):"Have your pets spayed or​ neutered, and contribute to your local animal shelter to help it publicize the pet population problem. "

Ex of a non supp detail(opinion):"Few people realize what an enormous problem pet overpopulation is."

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.

most likely you should find things like facts and important information to you understand. i hope this .