Answer:
A claim made to rebut a previous claim.
Explanation:
It is basically another claim brought to oppose the claim that was previously established.
For example:
"Social media makes teenagers lazy, unresponsive, feel bad about themselves, and short-tempered."
A counter-claim to this would be: "Actually, social media can be very beneficial for teenagers as it helps them communicate better with others."
Answer:
He tells us when he has minor flaws such as being afraid.
Explanation:
One of the most common issues making a narrator untrustworthy is his/her bias toward oneself and toward other characters of the story whom he/she likes or does not like.
Most of the time bias is in favor of oneself, in rare cases it may be against oneself - blaming oneself excessively.
Telling one's own minor and/or major flaws is only one of many characteristics to make a narrator trustworthy.
All other options are either insignificant for adjudging him as a trustworthy narrator, or opposite of what makes him trustworthy and neutral.
Second and third options are insignificant (do not contribute in making him neutral narrator)
Fourth option is incorrect because focusing on oneself makes a narrator biased and hence untrustworthy.
This question is missing the excerpt. I've found it online. It is the following:
Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."
By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence," says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees.
The underlined words and phrases have strong negative connotations. How do they support the author's purpose? [...]
Answer:
They support the author's purpose because:
A. They draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.
Explanation:
<u>Even though the excerpt is missing the underlined words and phrases, there is only one option that has any true connection with what is being said. The excerpt is about how the U.S. has been failing to help children who arrive in the country as refugees. Instead of welcoming them with care and safety, they are often sent away, back to their countries. It is clear that the U.S. is not doing enough for those children. Therefore, the correct option is letter A.</u>
Options B through D can be easily eliminated. This excerpt does not concern other countries' roles in this crisis, international conventions, or the way in which the U.S. will be regarded by other nations.
