Which statement reflects a counterargument presented in "The School Day Should Start
Later"?
Sleep deprivation can result in
serious problems.
Teenagers' sleep schedules are
strongly affected by biology.
Starting the school day later would
have more benefits than drawbacks.
Delaying the start time for schools
would create difficulties.

The correct answer is Delaying the start time for schools  would create difficulties.

Explanation:

The purpose of an argumentative text is to convince the reader that a thesis or proposition is true by providing reasons or evidence in favor of it; however, many times this is not enough to completely convince the audience. Since generally other people can reasonably adopt positions contrary to the one being defended, an attentive reader may have doubts about it if the arguments that can be presented against it are not discussed and answered.

Counter-argument is an argumentative strategy that consists of anticipating possible objections to the thesis being defended and answering them in order to strengthen the argumentation that is presented in a text.

In this case, it would be "Delaying the start time for schools  would create difficulties."

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)

the use supports it by making it seem like the dictators are not bad to the people when the truly are.