Question

people who complain that video games involve too much sitting are probably old. they probably dont know very much about gaming, either. they dont realize that people can play virtual sports, such as tennis, on video games. there are video games for dancing, too. if people bothered to learn about the different kinds of video games, they would see how wrong they are. this students sample paragraph addresses the counterclaim. critique this paragraph by answering the questions. what is the counterclaim? what evidence weakens the counterclaim? what is the tone of the rebuttal?

Explanation:

1. The counterclaim is the initial argument the paragraph responds to, stated directly at the start.
2. The evidence weakening the counterclaim are the examples of active video game types provided.
3. The tone is identified through dismissive, age-based assumptions and condescending language toward the counterclaim's supporters.

Answer:

1. What is the counterclaim?

Video games involve too much sitting.

1. What evidence weakens the counterclaim?

Examples of active video games: virtual sports like tennis, and dancing video games.

1. What is the tone of the rebuttal?

Condescending and dismissive (relies on age-based assumptions about critics and frames them as uninformed).