Astudent is writing a paper about the importance of immigration reform. here is her outline: paragraph 1: introduction paragraph 2: reason #1: immigrants positively contribute to american culture. paragraph 3: reason #2: immigrants contribute to the u. s. economy. paragraph 4: reason #3: america is based on supporting immigration. paragraph 5: conclusion a counterclaim that she wants to address in the essay is: "immigrants drain resources from american citizens." which paragraph would be the best place to address this counterargument? a. paragraph 5 b. paragraph 3 c. paragraph 2 d. paragraph 4

B). Paragraph 3.

Explanation:

Counterarguments function to invalidate the prior claims or arguments proposed in an essay, paper, or text. Thus, they need to be addressed carefully by offering sufficient evidence to substantiate your actual claim or idea which is here about 'the importance of immigration reform'. In the given example, paragraph 3 aptly addresses the counterclaim('Immigrants drain resources from American citizens') by proposing relevant factual evidence that 'immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy' that strengthens the original claim of the author. Thus, option B is the correct answer.

b. his ability to use formal language to stress strong feelings

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.