Unit 4 · Strengthening Arguments
Country Birth Rates — Strengthen the Claim
Lesson 6 of 11
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Longer passages can feel overwhelming — but the argument's core claim is always the same: one or two sentences in your own words. Once you have that, the right strengthener is the option that makes the problem sound worse or harder to solve.
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There are some countries in the world where a high birth rate is a major worry, especially when the country is less economically developed, and resources to feed and care for children are scarce. But in other countries, the opposite is the case. The birth rate in several rich countries is falling, at the same time as older people there are living longer. This will become a problem as time goes on, because there will be far more old people who need looking after, but far fewer younger people to do that. By allowing birth rates to fall so much, these countries are storing up a problem for the future.
Which of these statements, if true, most strengthens the above argument?
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