Read this claim and counterclaim. Claim: Cities should ban the sale of soda in cups larger than sixteen ounces.

Counterclaim: Cities should not limit the size of soda cups.

Which evidence best addresses the counterclaim?

a story about a girl who drinks two sixteen-ounce cups of soda at lunch
an article about how soda was invented
a quotation from a parent whose child does not like soda
a fact about how many calories a sixteen-ounce cup of soda contains

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” the old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. what are readers most likely to infer from the phrase "leaping, live drops of rain”? a the toads are all hurt. b the toads are still alive. c the toads are in shock. d the toads are not moving.

In hard times by charles dickens, the scene in which the characters discuss the depiction of horses on wallpaper and flowers on carpets is the author’s way of showing the absurdity of

Geoffrey is writing a paper investigating friendly-fire incidents in recent us military actions. which paragraph topic would be relevant to his paper and would therefore merit inclusion in his final draft? a) a paragraph criticizing us military actions in the viet nam war b) a paragraph discussing how friendly-fire incidents are investigated c) a paragraph describing what basic boot camp is like for a new army enlistee eliminate d) a paragraph discussing how hard an extended military service can be on a family