Read the following passage and select the sentence that states the claim:

(1) There was a time that people thought I should not even go to school because I did not talk. (2) There were teachers, doctors, and specialists that told my parents that there was no hope for me. (3) I am sure my parents felt discouraged, but they never gave up. (4) They kept trying different techniques to help me talk. (5) I went to speech therapy, occupational therapy, and specialist upon specialist. (6) Nothing seemed to work. (7) It was a very dark time of my life. (8) I was bored and felt like a failure even though I had so many important things in my head. (5 points)

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Read the following passage and select the sentence that states the claim:

(1) There was a time that people thought I should not even go to school because I did not talk. (2) There were teachers, doctors, and specialists that told my parents that there was no hope for me. (3) I am sure my parents felt discouraged, but they never gave up. (4) They kept trying different techniques to help me talk. (5) I went to speech therapy, occupational therapy, and specialist upon specialist. (6) Nothing seemed to work. (7) It was a very dark time of my life. (8) I was bored and felt like a failure even though I had so many important things in my head. (5 points)

(4)

(6)

(2)

(1)

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Erudite1 Erudite1 · Answer 1 · 2017-12-13T14:33:51+01:00

The sentence that states the claim is SENTENCE 1.
The claim of an essay is the central theme of that essay, the topic sentence which introduced the essay. The sentence that states the claim in an essay is usually the first sentence in the essay.
In the passage given above, the central claim of the passage is that people had already concluded that the narrator will not be able to go to school because of his inability to talk. Every other sentences in the passage only serve to elaborate this claim.