Claim: students should be required to wear school
uniforms.
which statement is an example of a reasonable counterclaim to this claim?
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a. students who wear uniforms to school are almost never late to
class.
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b. school uniforms are expensive and unaffordable for many
students.
c. bullying is a big problem in most public high schools today.
d. the use of smartphones should also be banned in public high
schools.

B

Explanation:

If you are trying to counterclaim this claim, you are finding the opposite of the claim, or what goes against the claim. Option A supports the claim. Options C and D do not relate to this question, so option B is your answer.

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."