Question

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Review the passage from "Say No to Library Cuts."
While it is true that the city has to cut the budget, the city does not have to take the funds from the library. The library plays too great a role in our community. Instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program.

Which best identifies the purpose of the boldfaced text?





To introduce the essay and state the main claim

To emphasize the opposition's refutations

To emphasize the opposing position

To offer a concession

Answer 1

To introduce the essay and state the main claim.

Answer 2

Hello. You forgot to bold the part. The part of the text that should be in bold is:

"Instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program."

Answer:

To introduce the essay and state the main claim

Step-by-step explanation:

The text shown above shows dissatisfaction with the reduced budget of libraries in the city. The text tries, through arguments, to show the reasons that make reducing that budget harmful and unnecessary and tries to claim the right to maintain the necessary budget that public libraries need to function.

To introduce these thoughts and show what the claim is, the author of the text declares: "Instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program."