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. If people buy cars that are more efficient, replace large appliances with energy efficient ones, unplug unused
freezers and refrigerators, replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent models, and plant trees on private property and public land, then millions of tons of heat-trapping gasses will be kept out of the atmosphere, the current level of these gasses will be reduced, and the catastrophic consequences of global warming will be averted.
A) Argument; conclusion: People buy cars ... private property and public land.
B) Nonargument.
C) Argument; conclusion: Millions of tons ... out of the atmosphere.
D) Argument; conclusion: The catastrophic consequences ... will be averted.
E) Argument; conclusion: Millions of tons of heat-trapping gasses ... will be averted.
B
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