Question

ela 10 semester b review and exam english 10 b semester exam
\disappearing ohio butterflies affects all insects\
by vicky stein
1 for my 11th birthday, i received a perfect, weird, road - trip amusement: a book filled with pictures and descriptions to help kids decode the splatters of insects that smacked into the front of a moving vehicle. whether that sounds like macabre fun or makes you grumble about keeping the windshield clean, a steep decline in reported bug splatters in recent years should actually make us worried, entomologists and ecologists say.
2 in a new study published tuesday in plos one, a group of researchers analyzed one of the rare data sets that tracks butterfly abundance, taken from 21 years of volunteer surveys in ohio. they found an average population decline of 2 percent per year, which means that over the course of the study, ohio lost more than a third of its butterfly population.
3 some species of butterflies showed no change in abundance, however, and a few others actually became more common.
4
ot everything is going to decline in exactly the same way,\ said corrie moreau, an entomologist and evolutionary biologist from cornell university who was not involved in the new research. \but we are seeing, in this study and others, that insects are in a rapid fall.\
5 plenty of drivers tell stories about suspiciously clean windshields, and bikers have noted that theyre much
use the passage to answer the question.
which two paragraphs in the passage, when combined, have a claim/counterclaim structure?
(1 point)
○ paragraphs 1 and 2
○ paragraphs 7 and 8
○ paragraphs 3 and 4
○ paragraphs 5 and 6

Explanation:

To determine the paragraphs with a claim/counterclaim structure, we analyze each option:

• Paragraphs 1 and 2: Paragraph 1 introduces the concern about declining bug splatters, and Paragraph 2 presents a study showing butterfly population decline. This is more of an introduction and evidence, not claim/counterclaim.
• Paragraphs 7 and 8: Not visible in the provided text, so we can eliminate this.
• Paragraphs 3 and 4: Paragraph 3 (counterclaim) states some butterfly species showed no change or became more common, contrasting with the earlier claim of overall decline. Paragraph 4 (claim) reaffirms that insects are in rapid decline, supporting the overall trend despite some exceptions. This fits the claim/counterclaim structure.
• Paragraphs 5 and 6: Paragraph 5 talks about drivers' observations, and without seeing Paragraph 6, we can infer from the visible text that it doesn't fit the claim/counterclaim structure as well as Paragraphs 3 and 4.

Answer:

C. paragraphs 3 and 4