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. Tattooing and body piercing pose serious health risks to those receiving them. The primary concern is infection
with blood-born pathogens like H.I.V. and hepatitis. Bacteria that live on the skin are easily spread by unsterilized instruments or ungloved hands. And tongue and genital piercing can also provide channels for bacteria and viruses to enter the bloodstream after the piercing procedure. Lorraine Kreahling, "The Perils of Needles to the Body"
A) Argument; conclusion: Tattooing and body piercing ... to those receiving them.
B) Argument; conclusion: And tongue and genital piercing ... piercing procedure.
C) Argument; conclusion: The primary concern ... like H.I.V. and hepatitis.
D) Argument; conclusion: Bacteria that live on the skin ... ungloved hands.
E) Nonargument.
A
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