Quickwrite 11/22 #2

Data: “The University of Michigan study, which involved nearly 500 12-yearold kids, found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories.”

Claim: Playing video games as a child makes them more creative.

Qualifier: almost certainly

Warrant: Video games are the reason why they are more creative.

Backing: The research out of Michigan State University, published online in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, suggests that of the 491 12-year-olds studied, the ones who play video games tend to be more creative, regardless of whether those games are violent--and that the more they play, the more creative they are

Rebuttal: Children that are already creative may play more video games than normal children.