Dinosaurs Outline

Thesis: What happened to the dinosaurs? They went extinct because of a gigantic meteorite

1. Supporting fact. What are dinosaurs?
a. Data. “Dinosaurs were one of several kinds of prehistoric reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles." b. Warrant.
c. Backing.
d. Counterclaim.
e. Rebuttal.

2. Supporting Fact. How did the dinosaurs become extinct?
a. Data. because life was inhabitedAble
b. Warrant. They died
c. Backing
d. Counterclaim
e. Rebuttal

3. Supporting Fact. How fast did the dinosaurs die off?
a. Data
b. Warrant
c. Backing
d. Counterclaim
e. Rebuttal

4. Supporting Fact.What are theories of how the dinosaurs died?
a. Data
b. Warrant
c. Backing
d. Counterclaim
e.
Backing
d. Counterclaim
e. Rebuttal

Sixty- five million years ago dinosaurs roamed free and wild. But in a flash they vanished off the earth leaving close to nothing behind. So the question is, what happened to these creatures? They went extinct from a gigantic meteorite.
What are dinosaurs? Dinosaurs were one of several kinds of prehistoric reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles” about 248 million to 65 million years ago.

Citations

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