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. Apple seeds and cherry pits are poisonous because they contain cyanide compounds. Your body can detoxify small
quantities of these compounds, but larger doses can lead to difficulty in breathing, increased blood pressure and heart rate, and kidney failure. Reactions can include coma, convulsions, and death from respiratory arrest. Anne Marie Helmstine, "Your Guide to Chemistry"
A) Argument; conclusion: Apple seeds and cherry pits are poisonous.
B) Argument; conclusion: Reactions can include ... respiratory arrest.
C) Argument; conclusion: They contain cyanide compounds.
D) Argument; conclusion: Your body can detoxify ... kidney failure.
E) Nonargument.
A
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a. values would be discovered to be necessary axioms. b. no values would be discovered at all. c. values would be treated as hypotheses. d. a and b. e. b and c.
Identify the moral perspective at work here:At the supermarket, Vickie just ran her cart into a display of jars with jams and preserves, and now the aisle is full of broken glass and jam. She feels like leaving the store as quickly as possible. Is that an acceptable course of action?Yes, it is. Look, so long as Vickie thinks it's OK to leave, she's right. I, however, think it would be wrong, so I'd have to stay and clean up the mess.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In an appeal to force, the argument attempts to support its conclusion by appealing to
A) good reasons. B) feelings of sympathy. C) a threat.
When problem solving, why is it important to enumerate options? Enumerating options helps us ________
(a) focus on consequences that have a greater likelihood of occurring (b) hold true to our preconceived beliefs (c) align possible outcomes with pre-existing stereotypes (d) remember why we are trying to solve the problem in the first place