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DIA [1.3K]
2 years ago
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Read the passage. (1) Standardized testing in education is clearly the most effective way to assess a wide range of students to

gauge their progress. (2) Many have feared that using these tests will take away from true academic growth and creative thought. (3) This, quite simply, is not the case. (4) Standardized testing is a reliable and objective way to measure student achievement, and many tests actually encourage innovative thinking. (5) One long-term analysis of standardized testing found that over 90 percent of studies done on this type of assessment showed a positive effect on student achievement. (6) This fact alone is enough to calm the fears and anxieties of standardized-testing opponents. Which sentence is a counterclaim? sentence 2 sentence 4 sentence 5 sentence 6
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2 answers:
Kryger [21]2 years ago
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The correct answer is Sentence 2

Explanation:

In argumentative texts, a counterclaim is a statement that attempts to disprove the main claim, this counterclaim can be provided by the author of an essay or similar text to show opposite positions and disprove them as a way to reinforce the main claim. In the text presented, the counterclaim is sentence "Many have feared that using these tests will take away from true academic growth and creative thought" because this statement tries to refute the main claim of the author "Standardized testing... is clearly the most effective way to assess a wide range of students"; also, after the counterclaim is presented the author uses evidence to disprove it and then go back to the main claim that is the importance and convenience of standardized testing, which shows Sentence 2 is the opposite position or counterclaim that is used to reinforce the author's proposal.

MAXImum [283]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Sentence 2.

Explanation:

Sentence 2 is the opposite of what the rest of the passage is talking about. The next sentences is the rebuttal of this sentence. Just took test and got it right.

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