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rxcklesskaisher:

Which statement about argumentative essays is true? A) Essays should present one strong reason for readers to agree with the claim. B) Ineffective support will not hurt your argument as long as your claim is strong. C) Information found in charts, graphs, and videos can be used in your argument. D) You should stop researching as soon as you find two facts to support your claim.

snowflake0531:

Which ones have you eliminated? Which ones have you kept?

rxcklesskaisher:

d

rxcklesskaisher:

i x out

snowflake0531:

Okay, so now we're left with A, B, and C Let's review each one For A, it says, Essays should present `one` strong reason for readers to agree with the claim. I highlighted the 'one' When you write essays, even the most simplistic ones, you have 3 body paragraphs.. So, is this statement true or false?

rxcklesskaisher:

true

snowflake0531:

? The statement says that an essay should only present `one` strong point to make the reader believe in you When you write essays, you at least have 3 points. How would this be true?

rxcklesskaisher:

false because

snowflake0531:

Anyways, now that we have established that A is not necessarily true We move on to the next. B) Ineffective support will not hurt your argument as long as your claim is strong. Ineffective support is ineffective, and does nothing Will this hurt your argument?

rxcklesskaisher:

yes

snowflake0531:

Okay, so B is also false, which leads us to.... Only C is left

snowflake0531:

So, C is your answer

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