The city has put on a film festival every may for the past
five years. however, it is time for the film festival to stop.
every year, crowds arrive and mess up our city. i can't
stand it anymore. others will say that the festival is a very
popular tourist event and provides a huge source of
revenue for the city, which is why local businesses have
signed a petition supporting it. however, i'm sure you agree
it isn't worth it.
which statement best describes the author's use of a claim and a
counterclaim in the passage?
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a. the author's claim is not supported by strong evidence,
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b. the passage does not contain a valid claim
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c. the counterclaim is not supported by strong evidence
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d. the passage does not include a counterclaim.

The overwhelming majority of the peoples and nations of the world today want to live in peace

When they reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted p***y, indeed, but fat with young robins, sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home. the description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;