Which of the following comprises a well-crafted point in a speech about the lingering
effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on April 5, 1989?
A) The 11 million gallons of crude oil contaminated more than 1,200 miles of
shoreline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds and marine animals.
B) The estimated 85 tons — or more than 26,600 gallons — of oil remaining at
Prince William Sound has resisted weathering and is declining by about 4 percent
a year, and likely even slower in the Gulf of Alaska.
C) The persistence of the oil will threaten the sound's ecosystem for decades to
come.
D) Exxon Mobil Corp. spokesman Mark Boudreaux said there seemed to be "nothing
newsworthy or significant in the report that has not already been addressed."
C
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If using the stock issues for factual argumentation, the first stock issue ask you to
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