Read the passage. (1) standardized testing in education is clearly the most effective way to assess a wide range of students to gauge their progress. (2) many have feared that using these tests will take away from true academic growth and creative thought. (3) this, quite simply, is not the case. (4) standardized testing is a reliable and objective way to measure student achievement, and many tests actually encourage innovative thinking. (5) one long-term analysis of standardized testing found that over 90 percent of studies done on this type of assessment showed a positive effect on student achievement. (6) this fact alone is enough to calm the fears and anxieties of standardized-testing opponents. which sentence is a counterclaim? sentence 2 sentence 4 sentence 5 sentence 6

Sentence 2.

Explanation:

Sentence 2 is the opposite of what the rest of the passage is talking about. The next sentences is the rebuttal of this sentence. Just took test and got it right.

The correct answer is Sentence 2

Explanation:

In argumentative texts, a counterclaim is a statement that attempts to disprove the main claim, this counterclaim can be provided by the author of an essay or similar text to show opposite positions and disprove them as a way to reinforce the main claim. In the text presented, the counterclaim is sentence "Many have feared that using these tests will take away from true academic growth and creative thought" because this statement tries to refute the main claim of the author "Standardized testing... is clearly the most effective way to assess a wide range of students"; also, after the counterclaim is presented the author uses evidence to disprove it and then go back to the main claim that is the importance and convenience of standardized testing, which shows Sentence 2 is the opposite position or counterclaim that is used to reinforce the author's proposal.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.  

- "despite the fact that portia lives in belmont and has many suitors, bassanio believes that he can win her heart. bassanio plans on overcoming his financial obstacles by borrowing money from antonio to travel to belmont. he then plans on marrying portia and becoming wealthy enough to pay off his debts."