Question

What needs to change about the following argument?

The Monday after Super Bowl Sunday should be a national holiday. Each year, thousands of work hours are lost because Americans don’t show up for work on the Monday after the Super Bowl. Too many people stay up very late and call in sick to work the next day. I always take off work on that day because I stay up late and I’m too tired the next day. Instead of companies losing millions of dollars in revenue because they are understaffed, the day after Super Bowl should be a national holiday.





The claim of this argument needs to start with, "I believe..."

It should read, "I believe the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday should be a national holiday."


Delete the line, "I always take off work that day because I stay up late and I'm too tired."

Personal testimonies are irrelevant and not credible.


Nothing needs to change.


The conclusion needs to say, "In conclusion..." The reader will not know this is the conclusion if it doesn't start with "in conclusion."

Answer 1

The correct answer is the option that reads “The claim of this argument needs to start with, "I believe..."”. Since the text presented above is an argument that someone has made, the text should start with a phrase that indicates whose opinion is being narrated (I believe…). The speaker/narrator gives personal testimonies that support the main claim (The Monday after Super Bowl Sunday should be a national holiday) and the idea of this text being an argument. For instance, a personal testimony the speaker gives it is that he/she always take off work on that day because he/she stays up late and end up exhausted the next day.