Read the passage.
(1) universal health care should be adopted by every country around the world. (2) over 100 million people become poor every year because of healthcare bills. (3) imagine how it feels to be afraid to go to the doctor for fear of plunging into debt. (4) that is a really terrible thing, and governments need to act. (5) the world health organization (who) says that universal health care is achievable, even in poor countries. (6) the who recommends spreading the costs of health care across the population, so no one is overly burdened. (7) if a responsible organization like the who says it is possible, then worldwide governments should implement universal healthcare immediately.
is sentence 6 effective in developing the claim?
no, it presents the rebuttal.
no, it contributes an anecdote.
yes, it uses supporting evidence.
yes, it provides the counterclaim.

C) yes, it uses supporting evidence.

Explanation: an argument or claim is a statement assertion that something is true. A counterclaim is a statement or an idea that refutes the claim. In the given passage the claim is that universal health care should be adopted by every country around the world. Sentence 6 develops the claim in an effective way because it uses the recommendation of the WHO as supporting evidence.

tree and the cat in the tree

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)