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. Oxygen makes up almost 21 percent of our present atmosphere. It is essential to modern life for two reasons
First, oxygen is what we must inhale so that our bodies can 'burn' (oxidize) food, releasing energy to our cells. Second, we depend on oxygen for protection from the ultraviolet radiation from the sun that constantly bombards our planet. Harold V. Thurman, Essentials of Oceanography, 5th. ed.
A) Argument; conclusion: Oxygen is essential to modern life.
B) Argument; conclusion: Oxygen makes up almost 21 percent ... atmosphere.
C) Argument; conclusion: We depend on oxygen ... bombards our planet.
D) Argument; conclusion: Oxygen is what we must inhale ... energy to our cells.
E) Nonargument.
A
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