Read the following passages carefully. Identify the claim that t

Read the following passages carefully. Identify the claim that the author makes in each passage and the types of evidence used to support the claim. Then, in groups of four, compare your answers and discuss any disagreements.
“Today’s students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.”
【正确答案】：Parallelism (probably antithesis). The speaker puts pairs of opposite concepts (“dope in their veins” vs. “hope in their brains”; “not their aptitude but their attitude”) together to create a sharp contrast.