FREE ANSWER! How does Paragraph 1 most relate to the author's claim in the article?
It elaborates on the claim that redwood trees should be
conserved, especially because there are better quality
lumber sources.
It refines the claim that the qualities and abundance of
redwood trees makes them an ideal source of lumber.
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It develops the claim that it is the duty of citizens to
support the growth of the lumber industry by approving
the use of redwood trees for lumber.
It supports the claim that is ridiculous to use rare and
majestic redwood trees for lumber.

not exaxtly

explanation: it depends on the situation like if u do something good there will be good consequences which arent punishments but if you do somthing bad there will be bad consequences which are punishements.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

i am also pretty sure it is c