Read the excerpt from Jimmy’s essay about the minimum wage:
The minimum wage should be raised. Currently, the national average minimum wage is less than $8 an hour. Assuming someone works 40 hours a week, that’s less than $1,280 a month—before taxes are taken out. Given that the average rent in the United States is more than $800 a month, that doesn’t leave much to live on.
Based on this excerpt, what is missing from Jimmy’s essay?
A.
a definitive purpose
B.
a clear point of view
C.
supporting textual evidence
D.
acknowledgment of a conflicting viewpoint
