How does the author structure the passage to develop an argument about smalI businesses?
This passoge offers one author's opinions about smalL
local companies
Small Businesses
by weighing the pros and cons of small businesses
It's easy for people to believe they're doing
thenselves a favor when they shop at big
national chain stores. The one-stop shopping
these businesses provide is extraordinarily
convenient, and prices are consistently lowW.
However, for every dollar spent at a chain, a
small local business suffers, and so does the
community as a whole. On the other hand,
when consumers support the mom-and-pop
establishment just down the road, everybody
wins in some very significant ways.
by contrasting small businesses with national
chains
by examining the effects of small businesses on
national chains
by defining a problem that small businesses can
solve
Consumers benefit from shopping locally.
People who own and work at a local business
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