Part 4: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph about an Informational Text

Question 1

Which is the best claim for an argumentative paragraph that discusses why the marine chronometer is the most historically important object?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: The chronometer is the most historically significant object because it established a standard measure of time and position.

Question 2

Which reason provides the strongest support for the claim?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Britain took control of many countries in order to produce tea.

Question 3

What evidence supports the claim and reason?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: “You would have had hundreds of acres being turned over to tea, especially in northern parts of India.”

Question 4

How does this evidence support the claim?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: It shows how the chronometer set a standard time for everyone to follow.

Question 5

Which statement is the strongest counterclaim to the claim?Claim: The marine chronometer is the most historically significant object because it allowed for the rise of global trade.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: Countries had been trading globally for centuries before the chronometer, and they would have continued to do so without it.

Question 6

Which statement is the strongest rebuttal to the counterclaim?Counterclaim: Countries had been trading globally for centuries before the chronometer, and they would have continued to do so without it.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: Even though countries were already trading globally, the chronometer allowed for accurate maps so that traders could reach their destinations more efficiently.

Question 7

Which sentences most clearly use a formal style and tone? Check all that apply.I agree with MacGregor’s point that the chronometer allowed for the mapping of the world, and I don’t see how anyone can disagree.Without the chronometer, the world would never have been accurately mapped, which would have hindered the development of efficient trade routes.The chronometer helped people around the globe get in the swing of things by setting a standard time.The chronometer kept good time. People set the chronometers to GMT. People kept to strict schedules. People thought about time differently.The chronometer is the most historically significant object discussed in MacGregor’s book because it established the concept of global standard time.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: Without the chronometer, the world would never have been accurately mapped, which would have hindered the development of efficient trade routes.; E: The chronometer is the most historically significant object discussed in MacGregor’s book because it established the concept of global standard time.

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