Read this passage from a rhetorical text. (1) More high schools should offer classes in American Sign Language (ASL). (2) ASL is the primary language for roughly one million Americans. (3) Learning sign language offers benefits both for the individual student and for the larger community. (4) For the individual student, learning sign language provides not only the cognitive boosts associated with bilingualism, but also improves the student’s spatial awareness, mental rotation abilities, and visualization skills. (5) Schools should be eager to help students improve such valuable spatial reasoning skills. Which sentence serves as evidence to support the claim "More high schools should offer classes in American Sign Language”? sentence 2 sentence 3 sentence 4 sentence 5

It is true that prior to 1914 the united states often had been disturbed by events in other continents. we had even engaged in two wars with european nations and in a number of undeclared wars in the west indies, in the mediterranean and in the pacific for the maintenance of american rights and for the principles of peaceful commerce. but in no case had a serious threat been raised against our national safety or our continued independence. what is the theme of this excerpt? a. the responsibility for americans to avoid involvement in war.b. america’s history of international involvement.c. a new kind of threat to american security.d. america’s history as a peaceful nation.

How can the rebuttal best address the counterclaim? read the claim and reason beginning in high school students should eam their own money by finding aher school employment. an aber school job seves not only as income, but as valuable experience for when students leave school for the workiorce. read the counterclaim and reason while having a source of income can certainly be a learning experience for high school students, they should maintain their focus on academics and extracurricular activities working atter school many experts agree, can lead to a decrease in school success which can then limit students' options when they enter the workforce the rebuttal should include examples of jobs that are available to students and the problems associated with those jobs the rebuttal should acknowledge that school remains a priority and discuss the benefits of a balance between school and work the rebuttal should address the need for a discussion on the matter by restating both points before reaching a conclusion the rebuttal should state a logical explanation for both opinions before granting credibility to the need for school to remain a priority

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