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. Earthquakes occur because the surface of the earth is composed of giant rigid plates, and these plates are
constantly moving. When one plate rubs against another, the motion of the plates in that area is halted, and strain builds up. Eventually the edge of the plate cannot withstand the increasing strain, and it breaks. The resulting shudder is felt as an earthquake.
A) Argument; conclusion: The resulting shudder is felt as an earthquake.
B) Argument; conclusion: Earthquakes occur.
C) Argument; conclusion: When one plate rubs ... strain builds up.
D) Nonargument.
E) Argument; conclusion: Eventually the edge of the plate ... it breaks.
D
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