Read the following claim and counterclaim from a student’s argument essay:

we need to spend more time in nature. we have work and other obligations which require us to be indoors.

which revision effectively uses a transitional thought to show the relationship between the claim and counterclaim?

we need to spend more time in nature; furthermore, we have work and other obligations that require us to be indoors.

despite our commitments to work and other obligations that require us to be indoors, we need to spend more time in nature.

after spending time in nature, we have work and other obligations that require us to be indoors.

in addition to spending more time in nature, we also have work and other obligations that require us to be indoors.

I think the answer is the second one. (B)

you may need to add a question, yeah?

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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