Read the claim.
the way to improve education is to divide schools by gender, so that males and females are taught separately.
which sentence provides the best supporting evidence for the claim?
a)if students spend even 10% of their time being distracted by the opposite gender, then that is just silly.
b)my dad has been a teacher since 1993, and i think he does fine teaching in a school that has only male students.
c) at least 50% of my class is the opposite gender, and the amount of time they are distracted by the opposite sex is minimal.
d)a 1993 study showed that teachers tend to favor males over females, thereby creating an inequality in mixed-gender schools

Read this excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.”tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one.which of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion