The following arguments gradually increase in difficulty. Use the method presented in this section to construct argument patterns. If a statement is redundant or plays no role in the argument, do not include it in the pattern.
1 Although Thomas Jefferson's contributions to the foundation of the country were profound, 2 as the master of Monticello, Jefferson was a monster. 3 Simultaneously with his writing the Declaration of Independence, which announced the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, he owned 175 slaves. 4 Clearly the man was a creepy hypocrite. 5 But Jefferson was 1 also cruel. 6 He sometimes punished slaves by selling them away from their family and friends, and 7 for slaves and free blacks who ran afoul of the law, he advocated harsh, almost barbaric forms of punishment.