Anita is writing an argument in favor of allowing students to use smart phones in school. She included the following evidence in her first draft:

Smart phones are essentially mini computers that include educational tools, such as apps, calculators, dictionaries, and Internet access.

Which reason should Anita offer to connect the evidence to her claim?

A. According to recent surveys, three-fourths of teens have smart phones.

B. Access to smart phones expands students’ learning opportunities.

C. Internet access in most schools is too unreliable to support the use of smart phones.

D. Reports suggest that most students find smart phones a distraction in the classroom.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim