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 carbon dioxide levels have been rising for years, the polar ice caps are melting, the frequency and intensity
of hurricanes is increasing, and the acidity of sea water is rising, then climate change is for real, it's not just a delusion of leftist thinking, and the nations of the world must unite to address the threat.
A) Argument; conclusion: It's not just a delusion of leftist thinking.
B) Argument; conclusion: The nations of the world must unite to address the threat.
C) Argument; conclusion: The polar ice caps are melting.
D) Argument; conclusion: Climate change is for real.
E) Nonargument.
E
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Language is limited to spoken and written forms.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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