What is the claim in an argumentative essay? the reason an opposing argument is weak
the opposing argument to the main viewpoint
the relevant information that supports an argument
the umbrella statement for all parts of an argument

the umbrella statement for all parts of an argument

Explanation:

An umbrella statement, also known as a topic sentence, is a statement from where all your speech or text will be derived from. From the umbrella statement, you can show your purpose, goal, and supporting points. In the case of an argumentative speech, since everything comes from your claim, it will be your umbrella statement.

D  on edge

Explanation:

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.