Which statement reflects a counterargument presented in "The School Day Should Start
Later"?
Sleep deprivation can result in
serious problems.
Teenagers' sleep schedules are
strongly affected by biology.
Starting the school day later would
have more benefits than drawbacks.
Delaying the start time for schools
would create difficulties.

The correct answer is Delaying the start time for schools  would create difficulties.

Explanation:

The purpose of an argumentative text is to convince the reader that a thesis or proposition is true by providing reasons or evidence in favor of it; however, many times this is not enough to completely convince the audience. Since generally other people can reasonably adopt positions contrary to the one being defended, an attentive reader may have doubts about it if the arguments that can be presented against it are not discussed and answered.

Counter-argument is an argumentative strategy that consists of anticipating possible objections to the thesis being defended and answering them in order to strengthen the argumentation that is presented in a text.

In this case, it would be "Delaying the start time for schools  would create difficulties."

returning points to main account

explanation:

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).