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Part 4: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph about an Informational Text Answers

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Read the claim and counterclaim.Claim: The suffragette-defaced penny is the most historically significant artifact because it signifies a turning point in the fight for British women’s right to vote.Counterclaim: Thirty-three years before the defaced penny was even created, the first Women’s Suffrage Bill for Parliament had already been introduced with some success and was the true turning point in the fight.

A
However, suffragettes continued to wage their fight through the use of hunger strikes, letter bombings, posters, and disruptions with courts of law.
B
Therefore, it was this bill that signaled how powerful the fight for women’s suffrage had become in Britain during this time.
C
However, it was the criminal act of defacing the king’s face on a royal coin that sent an undeniably powerful and shocking message to British society.
D
Therefore, it was the suffragette-defaced penny that signified the true turning point in the fight for British women’s right to vote.
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Read the claim.Claim: The Great Wave is the most historically significant artifact within Japanese culture because it signifies Japan’s hesitation to join the global economy.

A
The Great Wave was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai and is one of his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
B
Since The Great Wave is a work of art, the idea that it signifies Japan’s hesitation to join the global economy is simply one interpretation.
C
There are other paintings that more strongly represent Japan’s hesitation to open its ports and join the global economy.
D
After receiving a letter from the president of the United States in 1853, Japan quickly embraced the new economic model it had been forced to accept.
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Which is the best claim for an argumentative paragraph?

A
The chronometer was the most significant artifact in world trade because MacGregor explains its various abilities.
B
The chronometer was the most significant artifact in world trade because one was aboard the ship that carried Charles Darwin around the world.
C
The chronometer was the most significant artifact in world trade because it was invented by John Harrison in the mid-eighteenth century.
D
The chronometer was the most significant artifact in world trade because it allowed for a perfect charting of the world’s oceans.
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Read the claim and the evidence that follows, which is an excerpt from Hokusai's The Great Wave.Claim: The Great Wave is the most historically significant artifact within Japanese culture.Evidence: The Great Wave, like the other images in the series, was printed in at least 5,000 impressions, possibly as many as 8,000, and we know that in 1842 the price of a single sheet was officially fixed at 16 mon, the equivalent of a double helping of noodles.

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It proves that The Great Wave is the most popular work of art ever produced and sold in Japan.
B
It shows that Japan was a society moving toward a deeper appreciation of the fine arts.
C
It proves that Japan was beginning to be the leader in the mass production of cheap paintings.
D
It shows the popularity and prominence of The Great Wave within Japanese culture.
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Read the sentence.The ruling classes fervently promoted tea in the hopes that the working classes would consume less alcohol and actually do some work.

A
the ruling classes
B
fervently promoted tea
C
consume less alcohol
D
actually do some work
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Read the claim and the reason that follows it.Claim: The Sudanese slit drum was the most historically significant object because it represented the end of the slave trade.Reason: Defeating Khartoum was a step toward ending the slave trade, so when the drum was found in Khartoum, it was re-branded and presented to Queen Victoria as a token of victory.

A
The slit drum began its life in Central Africa, in the region where Sudan and the Congo share a frontier, and it would have been part of the court orchestra of a powerful chief.
B
The flanks of the drum have been carved to different thicknesses, so that a skilled drummer with a traditional drumstick can produce at least two tones and as many as four distinct pitches.
C
It [slave raiding and trading] was centralized by the Egyptian government in Khartoum, which by the late nineteenth century had become the greatest slave market in the world, servicing the whole of the Middle East.
D
It’s an interesting drum because it’s been etched with the Arabic script, because it fell into the hands of the Mahdi, and obviously Arabic is the lingua franca of Sudan and it’s the language spoken by the northern tribes.
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Which types of evidence best support a claim in argumentative writing? Check all that apply.examplesquotationsopinionsstatisticsfeelings

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examples
B
quotations
C
opinions
D
statistics
E
feelings
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Read the sentences.The Benin plaques are important. There are tons of reasons for this. They were triumphant works of art. The plaques also documented two pretty important moments of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful. The other was not.

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The Benin plaques are important, and people should recognize that they are incredible works of art. They also happen to document two vital moments of Euro-African contact, one of which was peaceful and one of which was not.
B
I think the Benin plaques should be cherished for tons of reasons, namely because they are prized works of art that document two prominent points of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful, and the other was awful.
C
The Benin plaques are important for many reasons, but namely because they document two prominent points of Euro-African contact, one of which was peaceful and the other not.
D
Cherished for many reasons, the Benin plaques are on the map because they are triumphant works of art. They document two pretty important moments of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful. The other was not.
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Which sentence most effectively uses a formal style and tone?

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The process of redefining the British political nation seemed like it got dragged out forever, beginning in the 1820s and going into the 1900s.
B
I cannot believe that by the 1880s, no women and only 60 percent of the male population had the right to vote in England.
C
It is preposterous and shameful that only 60 percent of men, and no women at all, had the right to vote in Britain in the 1880s.
D
The campaign for women’s suffrage began in the 1830s, but it was not until the start of the 20th century that the movement truly took hold.
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Read the sentence.Stamping "Votes for Women” onto a royal coin created a big fuss because not only was it a criminal act to deface royal coinage, the words themselves had been stamped directly over the king’s face.

A
is completely objective.
B
uses casual language.
C
is a choppy sentence.
D
uses charged language.

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