Suppose the author of the article on school gardens had made the following claim. How would you categorize it? “Students who attend schools with gardens have had lower standardized testing scores than students in schools without gardens for the past five years.”

Claims of cause and effect
Claims of fact
Claims of definition
Claims of solutions or policies

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.

What if the author had used “looked at” instead? punishment would be deemphasized. punishments would be seen as less harsh. the meaning wouldn't change.

What idea-generating technique allows members to intentionally develop unconventional or outlandish ideas? brainstorming