Read this passage: the city has put on a film festival every may for the past five years. however, it is time for the film festival to stop. every year, crowds arrive and mess up our city. i can't stand it anymore. others will say that the festival is a very popular tourist event and provides a huge source of revenue for the city, which is why local businesses have signed a petition supporting it. however, i'm sure you agree it isn't worth it. which statement best describes the author's use of a claim and a counterclaim in the passage? a. the passage contains a claim but does not include a counterclaim. b. the passage does not contain a valid claim or counterclaim. c. the author's claim is valid, but there is no evidence included to back it up. d. the author's claim is valid and is supported by solid reasons and evidence

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt