The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Numerous studies have indicated that women of color, black women in particular, are over-arrested, over-indicted, and over-sentenced. African-American women are seven times more likely to be arrested for prostitution than women of other ethnic groups. Black
women have received significantly longer sentences for crimes against property and served longer periods in prison. For both murder and drug offenses, Euroamerican women ended up serving one-third less time for the same offenses than black women. Nancy Kurshan, "Women and Imprisonment in the U.S."
A) Argument; conclusion: African-American women ... other ethnic groups. B) Nonargument. C) Argument; conclusion: For both murder and drug offenses ... black women. D) Argument; conclusion: Numerous studies have indicated ... over-sentenced. E) Argument; conclusion: Black women have received ... longer periods in prison.
B
You might also like to view...
The appeal to pity trades on the fact that feeling sorry for someone could be
A) rationally persuasive. B) psychologically motivating. C) a premise that supports the argument's conclusion.
According to the Laws of Manu, the basic end of man which is gain is called _______.
a. kama b. artha c. dharma d. nirvana
Identify the main point or issue in the following passage, and decide whether the rest of the passage offers reasons for the main point (such as, whether the passage contains an argument), whether it illustrates (provides examples for) the main point, whether it explains the point, is irrelevant to the point, and so on."[F]ast food and national restaurant chains… that serve it have long been the object of criticism by nutritionists and dietitians. Despite the attention, however, fast-food companies, most of them publicly owned and sprinkled into the stock portfolios of many striving Americans…, have grown more aggressive in their targeting of poor inner-city communities. One of every four hamburgers sold by the good folks at McDonald's, for example, is now purchased by inner-city
consumers who, disproportionately, are young black men."-Greg Critser, "Let Them Eat Fat," in Harper's Magazine What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT a biblical person whom archeological findings have confirmed existed?
A. Sennacherib B. Belshazzar C. Balaam D. Abraham