People who complain that video games involve too much sitting are probably old. They probably don’t know very much about gaming, either. They don’t realize that people can play virtual sports, such as tennis, on video games. There are video games for dancing, too. If people bothered to learn about the different kinds of video games, they would see how wrong they are. This student’s sample paragraph addresses the counterclaim. Critique this paragraph by answering the questions.

What is the counterclaim?

Video games are too violent.

Video games make people inactive.

Video games are different today.

What evidence weakens the counterclaim?

People who complain are old.

Sitting too much is bad for people.

There are video games for sports and dancing.

What is the tone of the rebuttal?

respectful

rude

humorous

When a mother loses her child, she's — highly agitated from strong emotion. a scene is if there's lots of action with little order.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from the time machine by h. g. wells suggest that the morlocks possesses a degree of intelligence comparable to that of humans

(20 points) passage: this year will be a record-breaking year for storms 1it looks like 2012 will be a year for the record books. thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes have increased across the country. the storms' high winds and heavy rains are making history. early tornado and hurricane seasons 2in march, not usually a busy month for tornadoes, the south and midwest had a large number of twisters. warm weather made conditions ripe for the creation of tornadoes. on some days, twisters dropped from the sky by the dozen. 3hurricane season also came early. two tropical storms hit the southeast in may. two more strong storms followed in june. severe thunderstorms 4many states that have escaped tornadoes and hurricanes have had severe thunderstorms. these giant storms dumped several inches of rain and caused flooding across the northeast and midwest. 5the end of hurricane season is months away, and this year's storm count and rainfall amounts could leave 2011 in the dust. forecasters say the wet, windy weather might stick around until fall. labor day parade rained out 6there is no joy in green town, where the annual labor day parade was called off because of heavy rain. the town's mayor says the parade hasn't been rained out in fifty years. 7a strong band of thunderstorms hit green town on sunday. more than two inches of rain fell each hour. by monday morning, main street looked more like a creek than a parade route. mayor nora bell said she had to call off the parade. "the heavy rains have created a serious safety issue in green town," she said. 8the loss of the labor day parade is green town's second disappointment this summer. in may, the memorial day parade was also called off because of rain. "this must be one of the wettest summers in history," mayor bell said. 9according to the national weather service, mayor bell is right. this summer will break rainfall records in green town and across the country. question: who would obtain the most useful information from the passage? a) someone planning a holiday picnic. b) someone interested in documenting annual meteorological patterns. c) an advocate for the green town labor day parade. d) someone who wishes to do research on the alleged truth of the "global warming" phenomenon.