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. Photographs taken from space show that Earth is striking in its beauty. Blue oceans cover nearly three-fourths
of the surface, broken by the continental land masses and scattered islands. The polar caps are white with snow and ice, and white clouds are scattered above the surface. At night, the glow of artificial lights clearly reveals the presence of an intelligent civilization. Jeffrey Bennett, et al., The Cosmic Perspective, 3rd edition
A) Argument; conclusion: The polar caps ... above the surface.
B) Nonargument.
C) Argument; conclusion: Blue oceans ... scattered islands.
D) Argument; conclusion: At night, the glow ... an intelligent civilization.
E) Argument; conclusion: Photographs taken from space ... striking in its beauty.
B
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