Read Each One of the Following Essay Introductions

question 7

Multiple Choice

Read each one of the following essay introductions. Select the letter of the method the writer used to begin the composition. The essay below begins with a(n)
Most people would agree that children should participate in team sports to have fun and develop good character. But a recent survey conducted by the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance, a national coalition of sports organizations that includes the National Collegiate Athletic Association and three of the four major professional leagues, found that today's parents and coaches have a very different idea about why children should play sports like soccer, baseball, and basketball. They believe that winning is more important than anything. Go to any youth game, and there will be at least one mom, dad, or coach who is yelling at the kids as though they're playing in a professional-level championship. These people have lost sight of the children's best interests, and they need to be reminded of the real value of participating in sports.

• A) single-sentence thesis statement.
• B) illustration.
• C) contradiction.

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Definitions:

Nonwestern Cultures

Societies and cultures that develop outside of the Western European and North American norms and traditions.

Nonverbal Measures

Describes techniques or tools used to assess behaviors, emotions, or cognitive skills without relying on verbal communication, often through observation or physiological monitoring.

Speech Disorder

A condition in which a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with voice quality.

Gardner Multiple Intelligences

A theory proposed by Howard Gardner suggesting that human intelligence is composed of a range of different kinds of "intelligences" including linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist.