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. Illegal immigrants pay local sales taxes, and many of them also pay state, local, and federal income tax and

Question

Social Security tax. They also purchase items from local merchants, increasing the amount these merchants pay in taxes. In addition, they work for low salaries, which increases the earnings of their employers and the amount of taxes these employers pay. Thus, it is not correct to say that illegal immigrants contribute nothing to the communities in which they live.

A) Argument; conclusion: It is not correct to say ... communities in which they live.

B) Argument; conclusion: They work for low salaries ... these employers pay.

C) Argument; conclusion: Illegal immigrants pay ... Social Security tax.

D) Argument; conclusion: They also purchase items ... pay in taxes.

E) Nonargument.

Answer 1

A