Read the following introduction and complete the statement that follows: Homework: harmful or helpful? With the high school day starting a o'dark thirty and many students
supplementing their incomes with part time jobs and other having extra responsibilities or chores at
home is homework really helping? Some may argue that homework is a vital extension to the school
day designed to extend the learning process but in reality it is only worth 10 percent of your grade
and sometimes can lead to many hours' worth of stress for the student and the family.
The phrase in bold represents...
1) the claim
2) the rebuttal
3) the counterclaim