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WRITING MISSION

Persuasive Writing In persuasive writing that uses concessions, you discuss opinions. You Be a lifelong learner.
also accept that different points of view may be partially correct. When you use concession,
you can use phrases such as even though or while it may be true.

1 Read. Underline the phrases of concession used in these paragraphs.
Think. Pair. Share.

Whose Treasure Is It? • What do you dream of doing?

About 30 years ago, a crew of American and • How can you prepare for it?
French researchers made an amazing discovery in
the north Atlantic Ocean. Led by Robert Ballard, • Share your ideas. Are they

an oceanographer, the crew found the British the same or different?
passenger ship, the RMS Titanic. While it may be
true that they found the ship, did they own the

rights to it?
The ship’s original owner, a company called
White Star Line, no longer exists. So, who owns
the artifacts? The RMS Titanic, Inc., says that it
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has the rights to any artifacts retrieved from the

Titanic, but does it?
While it may be true that RMS helped discover the sunken ship, a
company named Marex said RMS had taken too long to return to the

ship and had abandoned it. Another company fought to charge tourists
$32,500 to visit the shipwreck in a submarine. So, whose is it? Even
though several companies claimed ownership, RMS finally beat all other
challengers and recovered thousands of items from the ship.

2 Write. Write about the objects found in the Titanic shipwreck. Do the

objects belong to the explorers, the relatives of survivors, or museums?
Use expressions of concession. Havana, Cuba

3 Share. Share your writing. Work in a small group. Listen and take notes.
“ There are thousands of undiscovered shipwrecks and ancient sites in Cuba.

It’s an immense field of work waiting for archaeologists to explore. ”

Daniel Torres Etayo, Archaeologist, National Geographic Explorer

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