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Claim: What is mental health, why do people have it, and can you live a normal life?

Support: "Mental illness can occur when the brain (or parts of the brain) is not working well or is working in the wrong way."

Support: "Do you ever: feel very angry or very worried... feel grief for a long time... exercise, diet and/or binge eat obsessively...."

Types of support being used:
Factual support

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Purpose: The purpose of the text is to bring awareness to mental illness in teenagers and how you can start helping.

Rhetorical device: Positive connotation
Though the subject is very much negative, the article shows the kind of impact support groups can have

Appeal: Pathos

Through the use of pathos (emotion) and  positive connotation the article brings awareness to metal health and how support groups can make a big impact.

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Personal reaction: It sad that teenagers suffering from mental illness is a real thing. Its even sadder that not much is happening to help these teenagers until it becomes almost too late. Though over the years mental illness has been better understood, it is still very much shrugged off.

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Claim: What states don't protect LGBTQ students.

Support: "Most states don't include LGBT people in anti-bullying laws"

Support: "Eight states don't let schools discuss LGBT issues"

Types of support being used: Statistics

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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show historic moments"wins" for the LGBTQ community.

Rhetorical device: positive connotation

Appeal: Ethos

Through the use of positive connotation and ethos the author informs the reader of historic moments in history that impacted the LGBTQ community.

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Personal reaction: School boards like Lakota are the reason why kids aren't coming out or they hurting themselves. They feel that they aren't wanted. With the times changing school districts need to change with them.

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Claim: Gutknecht wanted to share the story's of the homeless people in Los Angeles before they became homeless

Support: "Gutknecht said most signs have a message saying "I'll work for food" or "I am a veteran," so these photographs give the homeless an opportunity to write a different message with a deeper meaning."

Support: "If you're a drug addict or you're mentally ill, and you have a support system, you have a family, people that love you, you're not going to end up on the street," Gutknecht said. "But if you don't have those, you absolutely can."'

Types of support being used: Quotes

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Purpose: To show how many people are homeless every year in America.

Rhetorical device: repetition of facts and statistics.

Appeal: Logos

Through the use of repetition and logos, the author shows the impact of homelessness around America.

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Personal reaction: It is hard to read about teenagers in my hometown living on the streets or in centers because they can't stay in a home with their family. Or that they don't feel comfortable staying in a home with loved ones.