Read the sentences from the article. but almost no state entered the rocks collected by armstrong and fellow astronaut buzz aldrin into archival records, and gutheinz said many lost track of them. "i think part of it was, we honestly believed that going back to the moon was going to be a regular occurrence," gutheinz said. which option best describes how the sentences develop a central idea of the article? a the first sentence shows that states were not careful with their lunar rocks, while the second sentence offers a possible explanation for their carelessness. b the first sentence shows that gutheinz was disappointed with the states' reactions to the lunar rocks, while the second sentence shows that gutheinz has forgiven them. c the first sentence describes a problem that gutheinz noticed when he first started searching for the lunar rocks, while the second sentence was a solution to that problem. d the first sentence describes what caused the states to eventually lose their lunar rocks, while the final sentence shows an effect of the missing lunar rocks.

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Read the sample student claim and counterclaim. claim: although many people argue that medical testing on animals is a violation of animal rights, the benefits it yields for society far outweigh any argument that can be made. counterclaim: there are safer and more accurate ways to test medications without using animals. what evidence would most weaken the counterclaim presented here? the physiologies of humans and some animals are very similar, so the reactions of these creatures to certain medications are the most reliable guide to the possible reactions of human patients. scientists are more easily able to control an animal’s environment, such as diet and temperature, than they are that of humans, which makes the tests far more reliable than alternative methods. animals have emotions and can feel pain much as humans do, which is why i feel that it is cruel to subject these vulnerable creatures to unfair tests that we are unwilling to conduct on humans. if we ban testing on animals for medical research that could save lives, then it also must be made illegal to hunt and kill animals simply because we would like to include meat in our daily diets.

Pretend that your local school board is considering cutting the study of world literature from the school curriculum. keeping in mind what you have learned about persuasive writing, state whether you believe this is a good idea, and then briefly describe one argument you would make to support your belief.