A local activist group has proposed that all owners of cats and dogs should be required to get microchips for their animals so that they can
be identified if they run away. The activists argue that this would
promote animal welfare and avoid the problem of nuisance animals.
Under this proposal, you would have to pay a fine if you failed to
microchip your pet. Do you agree that all pets should have microchips?
Write a statement either supporting or opposing the idea and giving
reasons for your choice.
Which claim most appropriately responds to the requirements of the prompt?
Don’t mind the blue dot on one of the answers.

Read the passages below and complete the instructions that follow. argument’s conclusion: governments should legally ban restaurants from offering toys as an incentive to families to buy food with high amounts of sugar, fat, or sodium. counterargument: if the government educated parents about the health effects of food with high amounts of sugar, fat, or sodium, then parents would not feed their kids food with high amounts of sugar, fat, or sodium. rebuttal: even if parents have the knowledge they need to make the right decision, it’s difficult to do so if restaurants can use marketing techniques such as popular toys to attract customers. educating parents combined with regulating restaurants can families make healthier decisions. put the counterargument and rebuttal above into paragraph format. add signal words to properly guide the reader.