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Argument: The school board's plan to ban smartphones in classrooms is intended to reduce distractions and improve academic performance. However, several studies have shown that when technology is integrated into the curriculum, student engagement actually increases. Because engagement is a prerequisite for academic success, banning smartphones may have the unintended consequence of lowering, rather than raising, student performance.
Which of the following best describes the roles played by the boldfaced portions?
- The first is a position the author supports; the second is a consequence the author fears.
- The first and second are both premises that support a third, unstated conclusion.
- The first is evidence the author cites in favor of the ban; the second is an objection the author raises and then rejects.
- The first is the main conclusion; the second is a premise.
- The first is a description of a plan's goal; the second is the argument's main conclusion.
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