The caller says, "Why would I go out in the cold and watch the Veteran's Day Parade when the media lets us watch it from our warm homes? Because they went out into worse than cold for you and me. They went out into war, death, fighting, guns, unspeakable conditions, and yes, while they were cold and wet a lot of times." (From a newspaper call-in column)This passage is an example of a(n) ________.

A. explanation
B. report
C. argument
D. conditional statement
E. unsupported assertion


Answer: C

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