Read the introduction from a student's rhetorical analysis essay.
The addition of which sentence would strengthen this
introduction?
In the 2020 article "To Educate Good Citizens, We Need
More Than the 'New' Civics" in Forbes Magazine, Senior
Editor Natalie Wexler acknowledges the need for a new
concept of civics education. She argues that most
attempts to improve civics in schools are too general or
political. She believes that people need to "rethink basic
assumptions about teaching and learning." She
juxtaposes "action civics" and journalism that involve
students in their communities.
One of Wexler's points is that students fail to engage
with civics because it is "traditionally conceived as
boring."
O Wexler uses facts and reasoning to present an
effective argument that civics instruction needs
reform.
O Wexler's comments about "action civics" can be
politically controversial and unrealistic.
Wexler is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The
Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education
System and How to Fix It.

Historical fiction is concerned with depicting historical figures and events in a new light. in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest," which two sentences most clearly describe historical elements? policles sprang readily to his feet at the challenge, and the great company making way for him to pass, he found himself a minute later standing in his unkempt garb, with his frayed and weather-beaten harp in his hand, before the expectant crowd. he stood for a moment tightening a string here and slackening another there until his chords rang true. then, amid a murmur of laughter and jeers from the roman benches immediately before him, he began to sing. he had prepared no composition, but he had trained himself to improvise, singing out of his heart for the joy of the music. he told of the land of elis, beloved of jupiter, in which they were gathered that day, of the great bare mountain slopes, of the swift shadows of the clouds, of the winding blue river, of the keen air of the uplands, of the chill of the evenings, and the beauties of earth and sky. it was all simple and childlike, but it went to the hearts of the olympians, for it spoke of the land which they knew and loved. yet when he at last dropped his hand, few of them dared to applaud, and their feeble voices were drowned by a storm of hisses and groans from his opponents. he shrank back in horror from so unusual a reception, and in an instant his blue-clad rival was in his place. if he had sung badly before, his performance now was inconceivable. his screams, his grunts, his discords, and harsh jarring cacophonies were an outrage to the very name of music.