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The following is 301 words long.  \nResponse to Tattoo Prompt from Writing for the GED Test 4 by New Reader ’s Press © 2015  \nIn the argument about whether or not you should get tattoos, the argument by Padowski against tattoos was the clear winner. Padowski won because she had more reliable sources, less opinions, and was more professional.  \nFirst of all, Padowski had more reliable sources. She used at least three sources to back her claims and two of them were unbiased and recent. For example, she used a 2011 study from CareerBuilder to talk about tattoos in the workplace. In contrast, Johnson’s argument for tattoos only had two sources. One of them, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, may actually be an unreliable source because it is not the best source for information about tattoos.  \nSecondly, Padowski had less opinions than Johnson. Every point that Padowski made was backed up by a source, and she avoided the temptation to issue her opinion on the subject. For example, when she talked about her position as a personnel manager, she used the company policy to back her claim not her own opinion. In contrast, Johnson used mostly his own opinion to make his argument. For example, he used opinions and his own knowledge to back the idea that tattoos are a form of expression. He gave no sources for that.  \nLastly, Padowski was more professional than Johnson. Padowski resisted the opportunity to make personal attacks. For example, she told readers facts and policies as they affected people with tattoos, but she never told readers how to react or feel on the issue. In contrast, Johnson used rhetorical questions to guilt trip readers into agreeing with him. For example, he challenged readers to think that getting someone’s name on their body would be the ultimate expression of love.  \nIn conclusion, Padowski’s argument was better because she had more reliable facts, less opinions, and was professional.  \nWhat the GED does not expect you to do is to count words as you write.  \nWhat is far more important to them is that you are using examples from the text to back your claims, and you are fully developing each point that you make. They expect to see more than a paragraph of writing to show them that you are doing this. Thus the five-paragraph RLA essay structure I am about to show you.  \nCreated by Rebecca Whitman ©2019  [https://rebeccawhitman.wordpress.com/](https://rebeccawhitman.wordpress.com/)  \n5-Paragraph RLA Essay  \nThe five paragraph essay consists of five parts: introduction, first body paragraph, second body paragraph, third body paragraph, and a conclusion. Each part has a strategic purpose and design that you need to be aware of and prepared into be successful on the RLA test. This article will address each part of the essay and break down what it is doing for the essay as a whole as well as how the essay sample (above) demonstrated it. Let’s get started!  \nIntroduction  \nThe first paragraph of an essay is the most important one. This is what tells your reader everything about what they are about to read, and it prepares them for what to expect in the rest of the essay. In the RLA, this paragraph establishes some of the key points they are looking for using wording that shows you are analyzing the prompt and making a decision about what you read. There are 4 key points to establish in this paragraph.  \n1. What the argument is about  \nIn the argument about whether or not you should get tattoos  \n2. Who won the argument  \nthe argument by Padowski  \n3. What the winner’s side was (for or against)  \nagainst tattoos was the clear winner.  \n4. Why they won (three reasons in list form)  \nPadowski won because she had more reliable sources, less opinions, and was more professional.  \nNotice how the introduction did not go into great detail on the points. 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