Summary Of 6 Simple Machines: Making Work Easier

“6 Simple Machines: Making Work Easier” by Jim Lucas

In “6 Simple Machines: Making Work Easier,” the author builds an argument on how simple machines make work easier based on their functions. Transferring a force from one place to another, changing the direction of a force, increasing the magnitude of a force, or increasing the distance or speed of a force.In “6 Simple Machines: Making Work Easier,” the author uses evidence to support his claim, reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence and stylistic or persuasive elements such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed in order to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of his argument. The author shows that using simple machines is easier by his use of evidence, “For instance, we might attach a long handle to a shaft to make a windlass, or use a block and

"Wedges are moving inclined planes that are driven under loads to lift, or into a load to split or separate." The auther states that wedges are driven under loads to lift loads which makes working easier and faster than multiple people together. The screw is used so much today, most thimgs we use have screws in them keeping them in place or together, “many devices use screws to exert a force that is much greater than the force used to turn the screw”. This proves that author uses quality evidence to persuade his readers that simple machines make work