Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 11

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Parents should not enter their little girls in children's beauty pageants. (2) First of all, children who participate in these pageants may develop an unhealthy body image. (3) Studies have found that children who competed in beauty contests are more likely than those who didn't compete to be dissatisfied with their bodies, an attitude that can lead later to eating disorders or other psychological issues. (4) Another reason to avoid pageants is the cost. (5) Participation requires a lot of money for clothing, props, coaching, and travel, and these expenses quickly add up to thousands of dollars per pageant. (6) Many parents have admitted going into debt to finance their pageant hobby; Rick and Misty Simon of Atlanta, Georgia, for example, say that their credit card debt rose to $30,000 after two years of entering their daughter in a series of local pageants. (7) The most important reason to avoid these pageants, though, is their tendency to sexualize little girls. (8) The "glitz pageants" in particular require young contestants to wear heavy makeup and elaborate hairstyles that adults would wear. (9) They encourage parents to put their children into revealing costumes and then have those kids gesture and dance flirtatiously while wearing inappropriately suggestive facial expressions. (10) Little girls have no business prancing around on stage made up like adult women, winking at the judges, blowing kisses, and swinging their hips.
How many arguments support the topic sentence?

• A) two
• B) three
• C) four

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Definitions:

Pre-Conventional Stage

A level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development where an individual's sense of morality is externally controlled and rules are obeyed to avoid punishment.

Morality

Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

Territories

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The compensation received by sales professionals, often comprising a base salary, commissions, and possibly bonuses based on performance.