Oscar: You never listen to me! We definitely need background music. It’ll make our presentation much better. Question Use the passage, in which Jenna and Oscar are putting together a slide presentation for their history class, to answer the question. What is the effect of the underlined speech on Oscar’s argument? (1 point) Responses

Question

It weakens his argument because it contains information about music that is not true.
It strengthens his argument because it shows Jenna evidence that she has not considered.
It strengthens his argument because it gives a specific reason that background music will improve the presentation.
It weakens his argument because it makes a blanket statement about the other person instead of addressing the topic at hand.

Answer 1

The correct response is: It strengthens his argument because it gives a specific reason that background music will improve the presentation.

Oscar's statement emphasizes the positive impact background music can have, which supports his argument for including it in their presentation.