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Brianna: Conclusion It would have been better to buy a tree last summer rather than this summer. ███ ███ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████ ███████ ████ ████████ ██████ ████████ █████ ████ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████████ ██████ █████ ████ ███████████ █████ ███ ██████ █████████ █████████
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
It would have been smarter to buy a tree last summer instead of this summer. The tree we bought this summer is struggling to survive because of the drought, but if we had bought it last summer, it would have received enough water from last summer’s normal rainfall to grow strong roots, which can better survive droughts.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is Brianna’s opinion that it would have been better to buy a tree last summer rather than waiting until this summer.
17.
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a
It would have ████ ██████ ██ ███ █ ████ ████ ██████ ██████ ████ ████ ███████
This statement captures Brianna’s conclusion that buying the tree last summer would have been smarter. The rest of her argument explains why: the tree would have developed strong roots with the previous summer’s normal rainfall, making it more resilient to this summer’s drought.
b
The tree purchased ████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████
This is a premise. It supports the conclusion by showing the downside of buying the tree this summer. The tree’s struggle highlights that if they had bought it last summer, it would have developed stronger roots with the normal rainfall, helping it survive this summer's drought.
c
If a tree ███ ████ █████████ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████
This premise supports the conclusion by highlighting the benefit of buying the tree last summer. It suggests that a tree bought last summer would have grown stronger roots and better survived this summer's drought, reinforcing that buying it last summer would have been wiser.
d
A tree purchased ████ ██████ █████ ████ ███████████ ██████
This is a premise. It supports the conclusion by highlighting the benefit of buying the tree last summer. A tree with more established roots would have better survived this summer's drought, reinforcing that buying a tree last summer would have been wiser.
e
Trees with established █████ ███ ██████ █████████ █████████
This premise supports the main conclusion by explaining why buying the tree last summer would have been smarter. With established roots from last summer, the tree would be stronger and more resilient to this summer's drought. Thus, buying it last summer was the wiser choice.