Question

A writer presents the following claim and counterclaim:

Claim: The school cafeteria should start a composting program

Counterclaim: Composting is too messy

Which answer most clearly connects the claim to the counterclaim?

Those opposed to the idea of composting say it's very messy, but a lot of the food and trash gets thrown on the floor and the ground anyway, so wouldn't composting be a better idea?

School officials complain that collecting compost would create unnecessary mess in the cafeteria, yet we already collect aluminum and plastic in special bins and no one complains of this.

Since we already recycle at our school, why should it be so difficult to recycle our food, too, in a composting program that would benefit the environment as well?

The administrative staff doesn't want to have a composting program because they claim it's messy, but we pay cafeteria workers to clean up all of the messy food left on the tables.

Answer 1

Which ones do you think we can eliminate?

Answer 2

The last one

Answer 3

I agree, we can eliminate the last one since it's a basic statement.

We are left with A, B, and C

Which one can we eliminate next?

Answer 4

C.)

Answer 5

I agree as well, C is written as a rhetorical question....

Rhetorical questions work best in the introductory paragraph of an essay as a hook and in the concluding paragraph of an essay to leave a thought running through the reader's mind.

Answer 6

So i think that the answer is A.)

Answer 7

I believe that is the best one. Although B is written strongly, A gives us more reasoning and more of an unbiased approach.

Good job C:

Answer 8

Thanks

Answer 9

Sure will :)