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Resolution: Students should be allowed to leave school for lunch.

Maya: Given the growing emphasis on the importance of proper nutrition, students should be allowed to leave school for lunch. The US Center for Disease Control, the CDC, has stated that hunger is a factor in poor performance in school. By allowing students to leave campus, the school is giving students more opportunities to eat a good lunch. This will, in turn, lead to better overall academic performance among students.

Ori: Students should not be allowed to leave school for lunch because they have a better chance of eating a healthy, balanced meal at school. While the CDC has mentioned the impact of hunger on students, the CDC has also stated that unhealthy eating is linked to lower grades and test scores. If students leave school for lunch, there’s no guarantee that they will eat something healthy, or that they will eat lunch at all. If students leave school at lunch, their school performance will suffer.

Which evidence from the negative claim uses logos to refute the affirmative claim?

A. The US Center for Disease Control, the CDC, has stated that hunger is a factor in poor performance in school.

B. By allowing students to leave campus, the school is giving students more opportunities to eat a good lunch.

C. Students should not be allowed to leave school for lunch because they have a better chance of eating a healthy, balanced meal at school.

D. While the CDC has mentioned the impact of hunger on students, the CDC has also stated that unhealthy eating is linked to lower grades and test scores.

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Answer:

D). While the CDC has mentioned the impact of hunger on students, the CDC has also stated that unhealthy eating is linked to lower grades and test scores.

Explanation:

'Logos' meaning 'appeal to reason or logic' is demonstrated as one of the three artistic 'modes of persuasion'(as Aristotle stated), the other two being ethos(appeal to ethics) and pathos(appeal to emotion). The authors employ 'logos' to convince the audience by offering appropriate logic or reason to accept or refute a claim or idea.

In the given question, option D illustrates the negative claim that employs 'logos' to nullify the positive claim. It disproves the affirmative claim 'hunger is a factor in poor performance in school' by proposing the logical fact that 'CDC has also stated that unhealthy eating is linked to lower grades and test scores' which strengthens the negative/counterclaim. Thus, option D is the correct answer.

Answer:

While the CDC has mentioned the impact of hunger on students, the CDC has also stated that unhealthy eating is linked to lower grades and test scores.

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