(1) each state should enact a law that makes wearing seat belts mandatory for all passengers and drivers in cars and trucks. (2) statistics show that seat belts reduce serious crash-related injuries and deaths by fifty percent. (3) as a result of laws like this in various states, seat belt usage in the united states has dramatically increased in the past thirty years. (4) some people believe that the government does not have the right to force people to be safe, and that these laws are unfair. (5) the bottom line is that seat belts are proven to save lives; therefore, everyone should be forced to wear one if they want to travel by car or truck. which sentence is the author’s counterargument?

(4) some people believe that the government does not have the right to force people to be safe, and that these laws are unfair.

The paragraph is explaining why it is essential for people to wear seatbelts. The counterargument the author addresses is that it is not the government's right to "force people to be safe". A counterargument is an argument someone might make against the author's point. In an argumentative essay it is important to address the counterarguments and write a rebuttal. His rebuttal to this counterargument is sentence 5 when it states, "seat belts are proven to save lives; therefore, everyone should be forced to wear one...".

while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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