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. A rainbow sometimes occurs after a storm because the droplets of water in the air refract and reflect rays of
light from the sun. The angle of refraction is different for different wavelengths of light, and this accounts for the separation of colors in the rainbow.
A) Argument, conclusion: The droplets of water in the air ... light from the sun.
B) Argument, conclusion: The angle of refraction ... wavelengths of light.
C) Nonargument.
D) Argument, conclusion: A rainbow sometimes occurs after a storm.
E) Argument, conclusion: This accounts for the separation of colors in the rainbow.
C
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