Analyzing Informational Text Online Practice

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Use the sentence to answer the question.

According to intelligence rankings, border collies are the smartest dogs, learning new information in five seconds or less and following commands nearly 95% of the time.

How does the author distinguish a position in the sentence?

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with an anecdote
with an anecdote

with statistics
with statistics

through a testimonial
through a testimonial

through expert opinion
through expert opinion
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The author distinguishes a position in the sentence with statistics. The mention of border collies learning new information in five seconds or less and following commands nearly 95% of the time provides statistical evidence to support the claim that they are the smartest dogs.

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