(1) Hurricanes can cause great destruction. (2) Their powerful winds can overturn cars and boats and tear houses to shreds. (3) The heavy rains hurricanes bring can result in flooding, making travel impossible. (4) Authorities have documented hurricane damage on tropical islands and in coastal areas around the world. 1. What is the writer’s claim in this passage?
a. Hurricanes happen only in the c. Hurricanes are very destructive.
tropics.
b. If your boat has overturned, it is d. No one should travel during a
probably due to a hurricane. hurricane.

2. Which sentence gives the most convincing evidence because it suggests proof?
a. sentence 1c. sentence 3
b. sentence 2d. sentence 4

3. Which of the following might be a counterclaim to the claims in this passage?
a. Hurricane damage comes from c. Hurricanes are powerful enough to
strong winds and heavy rains. overturn vehicles and shred houses.
b. Unless you love wind and rain, d. Damage due to hurricanes is not as
do not live in the tropics. dramatic as the media want us to think.

B. DIRECTIONS: Read the passage. Then, answer the questions that follow.
Hybrid cars have become very popular. Clearly, they are popular because they are economical. Hybrids use less gas and can travel longer distances between fill-ups. For example, one popular hybrid car can travel up to sixty miles per gallon of gas—that is more than triple the gas mileage that some conventional cars can achieve!

1.What is the writer’s claim in this passage?

2.What might be a counterclaim to this claim?

3.Does the writer seem to be using an appeal to logic, emotion, or both? Explain why you
think so.