Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. After having a part time job for more than a year, I have gotten used to the fact that the government takes
money from me every two weeks to put toward Social Security. It isn't fair that I should pay for some old person's rent in Florida. Despite my dislike of the right wing, I find the idea of privatizing appealing. I would much rather keep that money to invest in mutual funds, stocks or my college education. Andy Irwin, Letter to the Editor
A) Argument; conclusion: After having a part time job ... toward Social Security.
B) Argument; conclusion: Despite my dislike ... of privatizing appealing.
C) Nonargument.
D) Argument; conclusion: I would much rather keep ... or my college education.
E) Argument; conclusion: It isn't fair ... rent in Florida.
C
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