Question

A student is writing a persuasive paper trying to convince the local city council to increase the number of bike lanes. Which reason would be the most important argument to include in the paper?
A. Adding bike lanes would be costly for the city to add to the roads.
B. People in our town bike often but have no safe place on the road.
C. Other towns have multiple bike lanes that are used frequently.
D. My friends and I really like riding our bikes around town.

Answer 1

B. People in our town bike often but have no safe place on the road.

This gives a local, important reason (safety and demonstrated need) that directly addresses why the council should act. Options C and D are weaker (external example and personal anecdote); A is a counterargument.