What part of an argument is the following statement? Everyone wants to decrease the number of driving fatalities. A. Claim B. Concession C. Ground D. Warrant
I think A
A claim - Another term for proposition or thesis. What is the argument trying to prove? Grounds - Evidence that backs the claim. Example: The wage gap remained statistically unchanged in the last year. Women's earnings were 77.4 percent of men's in 2010, compared to 77.0 percent in 2009, according to census statistics released September 13, 2011, based on the median earnings of all full-time, year-round workers. Concession - Preempting a counterargument or rebuttal by acknowledging a part of the opposing argument that cannot be refuted. Warrants - An inference or assumption that underlies the claim and links it to the grounds, taken for granted by the speaker. IS B
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