You are writing an argumentative essay about whether the New Deal effectively relieved suffering during the Depression. Your essay will be read by middle school students.

What techniques would be most likely to hook your audience’s interest? Check all that apply.

A. asking readers if they have ever been to a city park or pool built by the CCC
B. providing a brief biography of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
C. giving a history of federal responses to economic downturns
D. telling a brief story about a young teenager facing hardship during the Great
Depression
E. showing students a timeline of events during World War II