compare and contrast persuasive texts that reached different conclusions about the same issue and explain how the authors reached their conclusions through analyzing the evidence each presents
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How do paragraphs 4 through 6 support the author’s position about online learning?
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By providing evidence that online classes are valuable to students’ education
By explaining how online classes have become part of the educational system
By providing information about U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan
By explaining why Bill Gates supports the development of online schools
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Which sentence best refutes the critics’ concerns about online education?
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Thanks to current technology, Samantha is just one of many students who have benefited from online learning.
After viewing an interactive video about the electromagnetic spectrum, she joins a couple of her classmates in an online chat room to complete a virtual lab assignment that they will e-mail to the instructor.
Enrollment in these courses also allows students access to virtual laboratories and the finest libraries in the country, no matter where they live.
In fact, Florida Virtual School, the nation’s largest virtual high school, boasts higher scores in its advanced-placement courses than many traditional public schools.
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How do paragraphs 4 through 6 support the author’s position about online learning?
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Which sentence best refutes the critics’ concerns about online education?
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The author supports the article’s premise by providing —
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How does the author organize paragraphs 8 through 10?
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By referring to the man in the grocery store as a “novelist,” the author —
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The examples in paragraphs 3 and 4 reinforce the author’s point that being courteous —
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The author supports the central argument of the article mainly by —
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