Dear Editor: I am submitting this letter to your newspaper, The Plaidport Monitor, to voice my support for the new commuter train. The citizens of Plaidport have been struggling with the economy, and many have had to give up their means of transportation. Therefore, Plaidport needs a public train.

My friends Bob Russell and Dave Terry are on the city council, and I have enjoyed talking with them about the train. They told me that they will try to put this issue to a vote at the next meeting. I have also spoken with most of my neighbors and most everybody I know in this city. I have lived in Plaidport all my life, and I know many people.

Some will argue that the train will cost too much money to construct. This would be a terrible reason to not build the train. If everybody in town wants to build the train, then it is necessary for the city of Plaidport to build it. Please, citizens, join me in supporting the commuter train. Plaidport needs your voice.

Sincerely,

Ron Jackson

Plaidport, TX

In the following passage, Ron addresses a possible counterclaim to his argument:

Some will argue that the train will cost too much money to construct. This would be a terrible reason to not build the train.

What is the primary flaw in this response?

a
Ron's attack on the counterclaim is flawed because his response is a personal attack on the editors of the Plaidport Monitor.
b
Ron's attack on the counterclaim is not flawed - it's perfectly fine and logical.
c
Ron's attack on the counterclaim is flawed because his response does not directly or factually address the concern about the cost of the train.
d
Ron's attack on the counterclaim is flawed because trains are quite cheap compared to other public transportation.

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.

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in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.