Question

Read the paragraph. When Edgewood Middle School adopted First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let’s Move" program, nearly 20% of the students lost weight. What sentence works best as a counterargument? As suggested, some students worry that the program may reinforce negative images of overweight people. As a result, some students worry that the program may reinforce negative images of overweight people. In another example, some students worry that the program may reinforce negative images of overweight people. On the other hand, some students worry that the program may reinforce negative images of overweight people.

Answer 1

Answer: D) On the other hand, some students worry that the program may reinforce negative images of overweight people.

Explanation: a claim or an argument is a statement or an assert that something is true. A counterargument is a statement that refutes (or go against) the main argument. From the given options, the sentence that works best as a counterargument for the argument that hen Edgewood Middle School adopted First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let’s Move" program, nearly 20% of the students lost weight, is the corresponding to option D, because with the connector "on the other hand" it expresses contradiction or contrast.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: On the other hand, some students worry that the program may reinforce negative images of overweight people.

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