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    This argumentative essay argues against replacing public libraries with tablets. It makes three key points: 1) Digital books are associated with slower reading speeds, less information retention, and health issues from excessive screen time compared to print books. 2) Libraries provide important benefits beyond just lending books, such as quiet study spaces, community events, classes, and jobs. 3) Replacing libraries with tablets would encourage more screen time despite health issues and eliminate important community benefits that people have come to rely on from physical libraries.

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    This argumentative essay argues against replacing public libraries with tablets. It makes three key points: 1) Digital books are associated with slower reading speeds, less information retention, and health issues from excessive screen time compared to print books. 2) Libraries provide important benefits beyond just lending books, such as quiet study spaces, community events, classes, and jobs. 3) Replacing libraries with tablets would encourage more screen time despite health issues and eliminate important community benefits that people have come to rely on from physical libraries.

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    This argumentative essay argues against replacing public libraries with tablets. It makes three key points: 1) Digital books are associated with slower reading speeds, less information retention, and health issues from excessive screen time compared to print books. 2) Libraries provide important benefits beyond just lending books, such as quiet study spaces, community events, classes, and jobs. 3) Replacing libraries with tablets would encourage more screen time despite health issues and eliminate important community benefits that people have come to rely on from physical libraries.

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    This argumentative essay argues against replacing public libraries with tablets. It makes three key points: 1) Digital books are associated with slower reading speeds, less information retention, and health issues from excessive screen time compared to print books. 2) Libraries provide important benefits beyond just lending books, such as quiet study spaces, community events, classes, and jobs. 3) Replacing libraries with tablets would encourage more screen time despite health issues and eliminate important community benefits that people have come to rely on from physical libraries.

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    Excerpt from “Three Strong Argumentative Essay Examples, Analyzed”

    <https://blog.prepscholar.com/argumentative-essay-examples>

    Color Code the elements in this argumentative essay, which has been reformatted
    to demonstrate a standard Introduction + 2 Body paragraphs + Conclusion model.

    RED: Thesis statement / topic sentences / concluding sentences / Arguments

    ORANGE: Sub-arguments that lead to concrete support

    BLUE: Concrete support for the topic sentence and thesis

    BROWN: Anecdotal evidence (personal experience)

    PURPLE: The opposing point of view that the thesis/essay is refuting

    As online learning becomes more common and more and more resources are

    converted to digital form, some people have suggested that public libraries should

    be shut down and, in their place, everyone should be given an iPad with an e-

    reader subscription. Proponents of this idea state that it will save local cities and

    towns money because libraries are expensive to maintain. They also believe it will

    encourage more people to read because they won’t have to travel to a library to get

    a book; they can simply click on what they want to read and read it from wherever

    they are. They could also access more materials because libraries won’t have to

    buy physical copies of books; they can simply rent out as many digital copies as

    they need. However, it would be a serious mistake to replace libraries with tablets.
    First, digital books and resources are associated with less learning and more

    problems than print resources. A study done on tablet vs book reading found that

    people read 20-30% slower on tablets, retain 20% less information, and

    understand 10% less of what they read compared to people who read the same

    information in print. Additionally, staring too long at a screen has been shown to

    cause numerous health problems, including blurred vision, dizziness, dry eyes,

    headaches, and eye strain, at much higher instances than reading print does.

    People who use tablets and mobile devices excessively also have a higher

    incidence of more serious health issues such as fibromyalgia, shoulder and back

    pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and muscle strain. I know that whenever I read from

    my e-reader for too long, my eyes begin to feel tired and my neck hurts. We should

    not add to these problems by giving people, especially young people, more

    reasons to look at screens.

    Second, it is incredibly narrow-minded to assume that the only service libraries

    offer is book lending. Libraries have a multitude of benefits, and many are only

    available if the library has a physical location. Some of these benefits include acting

    as a quiet study space, giving people a way to converse with their neighbors,

    holding classes on a variety of topics, providing jobs, answering patron questions,

    and keeping the community connected. One neighborhood found that, after a local

    library instituted community events such as play times for toddlers and parents, job

    fairs for teenagers, and meeting spaces for senior citizens, over a third of residents

    reported feeling more connected to their community. Similarly, a Pew survey


    conducted in 2015 found that nearly two-thirds of American adults feel that closing

    their local library would have a major impact on their community. People see

    libraries as a way to connect with others and get their questions answered, benefits

    tablets can’t offer nearly as well or as easily.

    While replacing libraries with tablets may seem like a simple solution, it would

    encourage people to spend even more time looking at digital screens, despite the

    myriad issues surrounding them. It would also end access to many of the benefits of

    libraries that people have come to rely on. In many areas, libraries are such an

    important part of the community network that they could never be replaced by a

    simple object.

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