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. Tobacco smoke is a much deadlier carcinogen and triggers a broader variety of cancers than previously believed
A new study provides definitive evidence that secondhand smoke increases the risk of those exposed by 20%. Also, the study firmly links smoking to stomach, liver, cervical, and kidney cancer, as well as to myeloid leukemia. Such links were previously suspected but not proved. Thomas Maugh II, "Smoking Goes from Bad to Worse"
A) Argument; conclusion: The study firmly links ... myeloid leukemia.
B) Argument; conclusion: Such links were previously suspected but not proved.
C) Argument; conclusion: Tobacco smoke is a much deadlier ... believed.
D) Argument; conclusion: A new study provides ... those exposed by 20%.
E) Nonargument.
C
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