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writing a research - based argumentative essay about a debatable topic
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read the claim.
human bodies have developed over time to support a vegetarian diet.
read the counterclaim.
humans have eaten meat along with plants for more than two million years, contributing to our successful evolution.
read the rebuttal.
evolution is the process of development over history, meaning that change in diet is constant.
which statement best analyzes the rebuttal?
it is effective because it creates emphasis by adding reasoning to the claim.
it is effective because it provides both empirical and logical supporting evidence.
it is ineffective because it does not address or acknowledge the counterclaim.
it is ineffective because it does not logically point out a flaw in the counterclaim.

Explanation:

The counterclaim emphasizes that humans have eaten meat for over two million years, contributing to evolution. The rebuttal simply defines evolution as a process of change over history with constant diet change. It fails to directly address the counterclaim's point about the long - standing consumption of meat and its role in evolution. A good rebuttal should logically point out flaws in the counterclaim. Here, the rebuttal does not do that.

Answer:

It is ineffective because it does not logically point out a flaw in the counterclaim.