6.4: Part 4: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph about an Informational Text
Question 12 • (OC27) ENG 4-1001400-S2-VRobinson-VOL7006P
Read the claim and counterclaim.Claim: The marine chronometer was the most historically important artifact because it made it possible for international trade to flourish.Counterclaim: At the time the marine chronometer was invented, international trade was already taking place.
Answer
A
However, Thomas Earnshaw’s invention of an affordable chronometer meant that virtually any ship could carry one aboard.
B
Even so, it was the marine chronometer that allowed Charles Darwin to make his famous voyage and publish his findings about evolution.
C
However, the marine chronometer finally made accurate maps possible, creating safe, rapid, and efficient shipping routes.
D
Even so, international trade would have continued to expand and prosper by finding alternate ways to make trade by sea more effective.
Explanation
The counterclaim points out that international trade existed before the marine chronometer. A strong response should show how the chronometer nevertheless helped trade become safer and more efficient. By making accurate maps and reliable shipping routes possible, it could help trade flourish on a much larger scale. Choice C makes that point; choice D instead suggests trade would have prospered without the chronometer.
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