Question
Which of these quotations from "Thanksgiving: A Native American View" shows logic in argument?
Nearly 70 percent of all crops grown today were originally cultivated by Native American peoples.
By 1623, Mather the elder, a Pilgrim leader, was giving thanks to his God for destroying the heathen savages. . . .
In stories told by the Dakota people, an evil person always keeps his or her heart in a secret place separate from the body.
I see, in the "First Thanksgiving" story, a hidden Pilgrim heart.
Nearly 70 percent of all crops grown today were originally cultivated by Native American peoples.
By 1623, Mather the elder, a Pilgrim leader, was giving thanks to his God for destroying the heathen savages. . . .
In stories told by the Dakota people, an evil person always keeps his or her heart in a secret place separate from the body.
I see, in the "First Thanksgiving" story, a hidden Pilgrim heart.
Answers
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The quotation that shows logic in argument is:
"Nearly 70 percent of all crops grown today were originally cultivated by Native American peoples."
This statement presents a factual claim supported by statistical evidence, which can be used to logically argue the significant contributions of Native American peoples to agriculture and, by extension, to the larger narrative surrounding Thanksgiving.
"Nearly 70 percent of all crops grown today were originally cultivated by Native American peoples."
This statement presents a factual claim supported by statistical evidence, which can be used to logically argue the significant contributions of Native American peoples to agriculture and, by extension, to the larger narrative surrounding Thanksgiving.