Explanation:
An argument is a debate on a topic where two opposing opinions confront.
First thing to do in an argument is to take a side which is done by stating a claim (in favor or against something). Then, one should provide reasons for why the audience should believe that claim and also provide some evidence that support it.
To make a successful claim, one should also show how and why those evidence support the original claim by adding few commentaries.
Finally, one can also attack the opposite claim by stating its flaws in a rebuttal.
So, the answer is:
1) a statement taking a side on an issue in an argument - claim
2) any information that can support a claim - evidence
3) explanations for why the audience should believe a claim - reasons
4) an argument that points out the flaws of an opposing claim - rebuttal
5) analysis of how evidence supports a claim - commentary
Answer:
The narrator finds it challenging to fit in because her family has different cultural values.
Explanation:
The White Umbrella's narrator is a Chinese American girl who fights with feelings of embarrassment and a desire to fit in. Embarrassment over her own immigrant mother is one among them. She wishes her piano teacher was her mother when she receives a lovely white umbrella from her teacher.
Answer:
After the wrestling match, Johnny saw his father sobbing over his childhood pictures. The father was reminiscing about how his own father had raised them in such a relationship, the very same way he's doing now. This seems to be suggestive of his remorse and regret in how he had acted all along.
So, this act seems to signal a change in him while also most probably, a change in the father-son relationship. Thus, we can say that they will reconcile.
Explanation:
Chris Crutcher's short story "The Pin" revolves around the father-son relationship. The two major characters Johnny Rivers and his father Cecil B. Rivers' relationship is infused with jealousy, perfection, and a strained family relationship which culminated in their wrestling duel which seemed to finally mend their broken connection.
Amidst their strained father-son relationship, the duo got the chance to 'figure things out' between them when there's a student-parents' game in school. This power struggle's wrestling match was an intense one but which eventually ended with Johnny winning the game. Despite the offer of his hand to his father, he was rejected twice. But towards the end of the story, <u>when they got home, we see the father sobbing over his child-rearing methods, reminiscing that he's doing exactly how his own father had done to him.
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This outburst seems to suggest a change in the father. So, we can assume that the <u>father-son duo will reconcile despite their previous differences and start a new, loving relationship</u>.
