Read the sample student paragraph that addresses a counterclaim and rebuttal on increasing the legal age of driving to eighteen. with car crashes being the leading cause of death among teenagers, many are in favor of raising the legal driving age to eighteen. however, those who cite these statistics are overlooking other important facts. for instance, men are seventy-seven percent more likely to be involved in an accident than women. does this mean that we should ban men from driving? other statistics show that one is more likely to be involved in an accident in newark, new jersey, than anywhere else in the nation. does this mean that we should ban people in newark from driving? is it fair to simply look at crash statistics and apply them to an entire group of people without considering all of the factors involved? there are many factors other than age involved in causing an accident, and these factors are the ones that actually need to be addressed. what makes this rebuttal effective? a it proves that age has nothing to with causing accidents. b it lists the biggest factors involved in causing accidents. c it suggests that gender is the issue as opposed to age. d it provides strong reasons to weaken the counterclaim.

Answer :

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "counterclaim" as "a statement that someone makes in answer to a statement that has been made by someone else, and that is different from it."

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "rebuttal" as "a statement that a claim or criticism is not true."

The following reason makes the rebuttal effective :

D. It provides strong reasons to weaken the counterclaim.

The given passage lists gender and location of the accident place as strong reasons to weaken the counterclaim that the legal driving age should be raised to eighteen.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the statement that best explains why the tenth amendment reserves some rights and powers to states is that the framers believed in the principle of federalism. this principle says that some powers are in the hands of a centralized national government, while others are reserved for the governments of several states.