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. While the topical application of fluoride to children's teeth can help reduce decay, the addition of fluoride to

drinking water is definitely not a good idea. Fluoride in drinking water has caused widespread dental fluorosis (mottled and discolored enamel), it is a cumulative poison, which means that it builds up in bone and tissue, and it has been linked to lower IQ in children and to Alzheimer's disease in adults.

A) Argument; conclusion: The addition of fluoride ... not a good idea.

B) Argument; conclusion: Fluoride is a cumulative poison.

C) Nonargument.

D) Argument; conclusion: The topical application of fluoride ... reduce decay.

E) Argument; conclusion: It has been linked ... Alzheimer's disease in adults.


A

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