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Part 4: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph about an Informational Text Answers

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Which statement provides the most effective evidence for the claim and reason?

A
“In the eighteenth century Josiah Wedgwood had made some of the most expensive stoneware ceramics—in jasper and basalt—in Britain.”
B
“A tea set [is] made up of three pieces of red-brown stoneware; a smallish teapot about 14 centimetres (6 inches) high with a short straight spout, a sugar bowl and a milk jug.”
C
“Tea sets became an essential part of the fashionable household, while less costly versions in pottery . . . spread through society.”
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What did you include in your response? Check any that apply.

A
an advantage for volunteering locally
B
a disadvantage for volunteering locally
C
an advantage for volunteering nationally
D
a disadvantage for volunteering nationally
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What is the most reasonable counterclaim for this claim, given the information in the passage?

A
Tea sets are not important symbols because they further divided social classes based on who could afford expensive tea sets from China and who could not.
B
Tea sets are not important symbols because tea sets were dependent on the importing of expensive tea from India.
C
Tea sets are not important symbols because tea houses and tea gardens became more important symbols in England.
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Which statement is the strongest rebuttal to the counterclaim?Claim: The tea set is the most historically significant artifact because it represents the influence of Chinese culture on Western society.Counterclaim: Tea sets are not important symbols because they further divided social classes based on who could afford expensive tea sets from China and who could not.

A
However, Neil MacGregor states that the tea set is "a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain."
B
Even so, Britain traded with countries such as Cuba, which provided the sugar that people in England demanded for their tea.
C
While there is some truth to that, Wedgwood began producing more modest tea sets that many households could afford.
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Which is the best claim for an argumentative paragraph that discusses why the marine chronometer is the most historically important object?

A
The chronometer is the most historically significant object because it was used by explorers in the 1800s.
B
The chronometer is the most historically significant object because it was more important than the other objects in MacGregor’s text.
C
The chronometer is the most historically significant object because Captain Cook used it in his voyage around the world.
D
The chronometer is the most historically significant object because it established a standard measure of time and position.
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Which reason provides the strongest support for the claim?

A
Britain took control of many countries in order to produce tea.
B
People from many other countries began to enjoy tea through trade with Britain.
C
Tea was important to the upper class in Britain and other countries.
D
Tea sets were made in Britain and exported to other countries.
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What evidence supports the claim and reason?

A
“In 1785, under pressure from the law-abiding tea traders, the government slashed the duty on tea . . .”
B
“. . . tea also spread rapidly to the working classes. By 1800, as foreigners remarked, it was the new national drink.”
C
“You would have had hundreds of acres being turned over to tea, especially in northern parts of India.”
D
“So our tea set is really a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain.”
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How does this evidence support the claim?

A
It proves that the chronometer represents the first moment in history when people worked.
B
It shows how the chronometer set a standard time for everyone to follow.
C
It shows that the chronometer allowed everyone to work in the same community.
D
It proves that the chronometer was important for only one moment in history.
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Which statement is the strongest counterclaim to the claim?Claim: The marine chronometer is the most historically significant object because it allowed for the rise of global trade.

A
The use of the chronometer did not become routine on Royal Navy ships until 1800.
B
As shown in the discussion of the Benin plaques, Europeans traveled to faraway places before the chronometer was invented.
C
The Industrial Revolution was a greater factor than the chronometer in the development of an efficient railway system.
D
Countries had been trading globally for centuries before the chronometer, and they would have continued to do so without it.
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Which statement is the strongest rebuttal to the counterclaim?Counterclaim: Countries had been trading globally for centuries before the chronometer, and they would have continued to do so without it.

A
However, MacGregor states that sailors had long established their location at sea by “measuring the height of the Sun above the horizon at noon.”
B
Even though countries were already trading globally, the chronometer allowed for accurate maps so that traders could reach their destinations more efficiently.
C
Even so, it was the Industrial Revolution, not the chronometer, that allowed for the mass production of steel goods, such as ship ladders.
D
However, if not for the chronometer’s simple design for use on ships, the Beagle would not have been able to map the coastline of South Africa.
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Which sentences most clearly use a formal style and tone? Check all that apply.I agree with MacGregor’s point that the chronometer allowed for the mapping of the world, and I don’t see how anyone can disagree.Without the chronometer, the world would never have been accurately mapped, which would have hindered the development of efficient trade routes.The chronometer helped people around the globe get in the swing of things by setting a standard time.The chronometer kept good time. People set the chronometers to GMT. People kept to strict schedules. People thought about time differently.The chronometer is the most historically significant object discussed in MacGregor’s book because it established the concept of global standard time.

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I agree with MacGregor’s point that the chronometer allowed for the mapping of the world, and I don’t see how anyone can disagree.
B
Without the chronometer, the world would never have been accurately mapped, which would have hindered the development of efficient trade routes.
C
The chronometer helped people around the globe get in the swing of things by setting a standard time.
D
The chronometer kept good time. People set the chronometers to GMT. People kept to strict schedules. People thought about time differently.
E
The chronometer is the most historically significant object discussed in MacGregor’s book because it established the concept of global standard time.

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