Question

Jasmine is writing an argument about the ethics of eating meat. Read the excerpt below:

(1) We all know what we see when we show up to that Memorial Day picnic: hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecued chicken. (2) But few of us consider where that meat comes from, how the animals were raised, or the damage industrial farming may do to the environment. (3) Meat is tasty and nutritionally dense. (4) But the cost of our national meat addiction is too high, and it is time we start to consider what our pleasures cost others.


In which sentence does the author acknowledge an opposing claim?


A.

sentence 1

B.

sentence 2

C.

sentence 3

D.

sentence 4

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

In which sentence does the author acknowledge an opposing claim?

C. sentence 3

Step-by-step explanation:

In sentence 3, Jasmine acknowledged an opposing claim or point of view by writing that " (3) Meat is tasty and nutritionally dense." All her other sentences supported her own claim about the damage that meat does to the environment. In a balanced argument about the ethics of eating meat, like Jasmine's, it is not uncommon for the writer to introduce an opposing claim. This practice is important in order to refute the opponent's claim and to show that the debater is not totally biased but considerate.