Section: Reasoning Through Language Arts

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Which sentence indicates the author will use his previous statements to begin his next argument, which is to describe the [whatever effect something had on his life]?

1. The issue of whether we should allow marine parks to stay open has been widely debated in our community recently.
2. It is an important issue because it concerns fundamental moral and economic questions about the way we use our native wildlife.
3. It has been argued that dolphin parks provide the only opportunity for much of the public to see marine mammals.
4. In conclusion, these parks should be closed, or at the very least, no new animals should be captured for marine parks in the future.