Why would you include a counterclaim in your argumentative research essay? a. to appeal to the emotions of your audience b. to show that you have considered different points of view c. to show support for your opponent's argument d. to give readers a chance to disprove your argument

To show that you have considered different point of view AAAPPE

a, b, and c are all correct.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.