Part A What claim does President Obama make in excerpt from "President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address"?

The rise in technology has positively affected manufacturing jobs.

There are more opportunities for the middle class today than ever before..

Politicians should be acknowledged for working together to solve problems.

Despite challenges, the American people have what it takes to succeed.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence is most relevant to supporting the claim in Part A?

"And what I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all—the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead."

"But when that debate prevents us from carrying out even the most basic functions of our democracy—when our differences shut down government or threaten the full faith and credit of the United States—then we are not doing right by the American people."

""A manufacturing sector that’s adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s.""

""Our job is to reverse these trends. It won’t happen right away, and we won’t agree on everything."

What is the best strategy for responding to counter-arguments in your persuasive research essay ?

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban. i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets. how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction. it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values. it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba. it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

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