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Read the following prompt:
Analyze the merits of pools and lawns.
Which option below is the most effective explanatory thesis for the prompt?
While lawns and swimming pools offer different benefits, homeowners who choose wisely can turn their backyards into moneymakers.
Although pools and lawns both take a lot of work, lawn mowing is simpler and less likely to scare off homebuyers.
Swimming pools use a lot of water to fill, but are more water-wise than lawns in the long term.
Pools are more environmentally responsible than lawns.
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Option 1.
It’s the most balanced, explanatory thesis: it acknowledges that pools and lawns have different benefits and sets up an analysis of those merits with a practical focus (how different choices affect homeowners’ outcomes). The other options are narrower or one‑sided (workload/homebuyer appeal, a single environmental claim, or an outright value judgment) and don’t promise a broad analysis.
It’s the most balanced, explanatory thesis: it acknowledges that pools and lawns have different benefits and sets up an analysis of those merits with a practical focus (how different choices affect homeowners’ outcomes). The other options are narrower or one‑sided (workload/homebuyer appeal, a single environmental claim, or an outright value judgment) and don’t promise a broad analysis.
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