Consider the counterargument (an argument or question from someone who disagrees with your opinion). What objections might be raised, and what argument can you make to answer those objections? At least one sentence in your paragraph will be a response to an objection you think your audience might have. Responding to a counterargument strengthens your own argument and particularly your practical appeal. Write one sentence below stating a counterargument. Then write a one-sentence response to the counterargument.

Counterargument: Young people do not have job experience, so they cannot be trusted to take dogs on walks.

Response: While it is true that I may not have much professional experience, I have much experience caring for and walking my own dog.

Schools should require school uniforms.

COUNTER ARGUMENT: People are quite able of identifying the difference between a young child and an adult, so a uniform doesn't make a difference. They are also very boring.

RESPONSE: Some people are more developed in there younger years so appear more mature and older than they are. Yes uniform can be boring however it's there to keep you safe and not for your enjoyment.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)