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Read this excerpt from "Compulsory Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come":

So I'm not making this argument [requiring citizens to vote]

in favor of any specific political party; I believe it will help

us elect more effective and thoughtful leaders, regardless

of their partisan views.

This excerpt is an example of a claim of

O

A. definition

O

B. fact

O

C. value

O

D. policy

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C). Value.

Explanation:

A claim of value involves a judgment or evaluation that primarily functions to prove a specific belief, situation, or conduct as either right or fallacious, worthy or insignificant.

The given excerpt exemplifies a 'claim of value' as it makes a deduction that 'citizens are required to vote' which is supported and justified reasonably through displaying the benefits of voting(i.e. 'it assists in electing more effective as well as thoughtful leaders...views'). Therefore, it justifies the above claim and hence, option C is the correct answer.

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.