Question

Read the claim. Children should avoid playing violent video games that could have a negative influence; instead, they should play nonviolent games, of which there are thousands available. Read the counterclaim. Because there is no proven link between violence in video games and real-life violence, children should, with adult supervision, be given the opportunity to play any video games they choose. Read the rebuttal. While the proof of a link is debatable, what is not debatable is the foolishness of allowing children to choose whatever video game they would like, since it empowers children unnecessarily. Which statement best analyzes the rebuttal? It is effective because it uses fair and unbiased logic to present a flaw in the counterclaim. It is effective because it sets an authoritative tone incorporating strong reasoning. It is ineffective because it does not provide a logical reason for opposing the counterclaim. It is ineffective because it does not acknowledge any part of the counterclaim.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. It is ineffective because it does not provide a logical reason for opposing the counterclaim.

Explanation:

A claim is a statement that expresses the position of someone towards some situation or subject, in this case, this position is about just letting children play non-violent video games as the violent ones could have a negative influence. On the other hand, a counterclaim is an argument that aims at disproving or showing the main claim is not true, in this case, the counterclaim states there is not a link between violence in videogames and real violence which means the violence in videogames does not lead to violence in real life.

Additionally, a rebuttal is provided, which is an argument against the counterclaim by the author of the claim, similar to the counterclaim the rebuttal aims at disproving the opinion from the opposition and because of this the rebuttal should show there is a link between real violence and videogame violence or some other factor in videogames that leads to real violence. However, the rebuttal presented only mentions that allowing children to choose video games would empower them which is not related to the issue of violence discussed. Because of this, this rebuttal does not disprove the counterclaim or provide some logical reason to show the counterclaim is false and therefore is ineffective. Thus, it can be said the rebuttal is ineffective because it does not provide a logical reason for opposing the counterclaim.

Answer 2

It is ineffective because it does not provide a logical reason for opposing the counterclaim.