Question

Read the claim. Schools should stop doing standardized testing. Read the counterclaim. The Department of Education says that teaching students to do well on standardized tests helps to motivate students and keep them focused on important subjects. Read the rebuttal. On the contrary, being forced to focus on testing stresses students and limits the amount of knowledge they can gain. How can the writer revise the rebuttal to make it stronger? by rephrasing it as a conclusion by adding a statistic or a quotation by deleting it and adding another claim by pointing out a flaw in the counterclaim

Answer 1

The counterclaim has one important element that the rebuttal does not, which is a reliable and verifiable source that supports their position. Therefore, the write can make their rebuttal stronger "by adding a statistic or quotation".