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46.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
The almond trees have not blossomed. It is not yet the middle of February. The almond
trees do not blossom before the middle of February.
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47.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
No floor with two-by-four joists on two-foot centers is strong enough. So this floor isn’t
strong enough. This floor has two-by-four joists on two-foot centers.
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48.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
The only time you can count on dry weather in Seattle is the first week of August. So,
since you need to count on dry weather for your trip, you’ll have to plan it for next week.
Next week is the first week of August.
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49.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
The general population of the country has a favorable impression only of those members
of the administration who get good press reviews, and Madelaine Albright, the Secretary
of State, is the only current member of the administration who is getting good press. So
she’s the only one the country has a good impression of these days.
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50.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
A combination of anti-HIV drugs has proven much more successful than the use of any
single drug. But that means successful treatments are going to be even more expensive,
because taking the drugs in combination has to cost more than taking just a single drug.
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51.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
The more people who have access to a medium, the more crackpot conspiracy theories
you’re going to find in that medium. Unfortunately, more people have access to the
Internet than to any other medium, so that means there are more crackpot theories there
than anywhere else.
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52.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
If your shoes are too small, then you shouldn’t wear them, and those are much too small.
Besides, they’re worn out. If the shoes are worn out, then you shouldn’t wear them.
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53.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
You shouldn’t buy a television set that costs over $300, and that one costs $450. And that
television set is much too big for your living room anyway. You shouldn’t buy any television
set that’s too big for your living room.
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54.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
Tony’s car is dangerous. It has bad brakes, and the tires are nearly worn out. Any car that
has bad brakes is dangerous. Any car with tires that are nearly worn out is dangerous.
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55.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
If she really thought those clothes were unflattering, she wouldn’t be caught dead in them.
Anyway, she told me herself she thought she looked good in them. She wouldn’t say that
unless she believed it, so she obviously does. She wears those clothes.
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56.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
You’ve got to take Math 3. First of all, it’s a required part of the general education
program. Second, it’s a prerequisite for several courses in your major. You’ve got to take
all required parts of the general education program. You’ve got to take all prerequisites for
courses in your major.
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57.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
I’ve already won a hundred dollars in the state lottery, and hardly anyone wins that much
twice. So I’m not likely to win that much again.
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58.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
It’s Monday, so the mail carrier will probably arrive after noon today. He usually comes in
the early afternoon on Mondays.
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59.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
The blasted hedge clippers aren’t working again. Must be the switch. That’s usually the
problem.
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60.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
"Sixty Minutes" has been in the top ten in the Neilsen ratings for the last twenty years. It’s
a safe bet it’ll be there this coming season as well.
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61.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
I’ve been looking at the available literature on the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and
the great majority of writers on the subject have grave doubts about the Rosenbergs’s
guilt. It seems clear that they may well have been innocent.
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62.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
Sal is probably going to be late, since the traffic is so bad. And he said he had an errand to
run on his way over here.
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63.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated.
The MiniMax video camera: It’s the lightest in weight, it’s the least expensive, and it
comes with the longest warranty in the business—all good reasons for making it the one
you take home.
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64.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
Look, there’s no sign of smoke from the cabin. If he were there, he’d have a fire. We’d see
the smoke, unless he couldn’t find any dry wood. But there’s a lot of dry wood around.
Notice also that you don’t hear his dog. He’s not there. If you don’t hear his dog, he’s not
there.
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65.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
Toyota is raising its prices by 3 percent on January 1, and we won’t be able to afford one if
we wait until then. Besides that, the old heap won’t make it to the first of the year. We’ll
have to buy now. If we cannot afford a Toyota after January 1, we’ll have to buy now. If the
old heap won’t make it to the first of the year, we’ll have to buy now.
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66.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
Either there’s a burglar outside or there’s a dog in the garbage. There can’t be a dog in the
garbage because of the fence. So it must be a burglar. Besides, I think I saw a flashlight
beam, and it could only be a burglar that would make such a light.
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67.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
The rules under which the IRS operates will change only if there are lots of complaints
about IRS activities in the press, and there has not been that level of complaint the last
year or two. Furthermore, the "internal culture" of the agency provides a powerful
validation of its rules, and when that happens, you’re not going to get rule changes. So I
think it’s safe to conclude that we won’t be seeing any changes in the IRS rules in the near
future.
68.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing or clarifying premises; separate arguments from window
dressing; identify claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
I’ll bet a dollar that Booth picks Chapman as his new vice president. Booth and Chapman
have been on a first-name basis for a long time, and Booth usually rewards his friends.
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69.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
I’m pretty certain she wouldn’t be happy as a police officer. Just watching a crime movie
makes her nervous, and if she can’t tolerate simulated violence, she most likely won’t like
the real thing.
One way to indicate that the first and last claim are essentially the same is simply to
assign them the same number in the passage. Another way is to give them different
numbers and indicate their sameness in the diagram.
70.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
It seems pretty likely that all the smaller food stores around town are going to have trouble
staying open. Jack’s Market has closed, the 5th Street Market has closed, and now I hear
that the Cash And Carry across town is going to fold up, too. You’d best get used to the
idea of shopping at the big supermarkets, since those are probably going to be all that’s
left in another six months.
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71.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
People who read more tend to have better vocabularies than those who don’t, and having
a good vocabulary makes you a better speaker and writer. Since good speaking and writing
are important job skills, you are probably a better job candidate if you read a lot.
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72.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
For one thing, every movie Stallone has made in the past decade has made money. For
another, blood-and-guts patriotism is selling big these days. So the combination of
another film of that kind from Stallone is very nearly a certain moneymaker.
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73.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
Automobile air bags substantially reduce the chances of being hurt in a crash, and unlike
seat belts, you can’t forget to use them. What’s more, there are almost no cases on record
of a bag inflating when it shouldn’t have and causing an accident. So, you’re much safer
buying a car with air bags than one without them.
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74.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
Let’s see. I know our policy covers us if our car is stolen or if the windows are broken, so
chances are it’ll cover us if someone steals the stereo, too. Besides that, our homeowners
policy covers stereos, and our car policy seems to cover a lot of the same stuff the
homeowners policy covers.
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75.
Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the
issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive;
supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better
left unstated. You may want to diagram the argument. Is there an unstated conclusion?
The competition employs a sliding mechanism. But a hinged door is lighter and easier to
operate and ensures a better fit and seal with the body than a sliding mechanism, thus
keeping the cabin’s interior noise level to a minimum. And it allows for greater freedom in
the shape of the vehicle.
—Adapted from Mazda truck product manager Bernie Chaisson, arguing that the new
Mazda MPV’s door setup is superior to that of Chrysler minivans
76.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
The Gallup people estimate that most Americans believe that physicians’ fees are
excessive. I know everyone I talk to thinks that. But we’ll never have socialized medicine in
this country. Americans will pay any amount for the freedom to choose their own doctors;
that’s what history tells us.
Note that this passage has arguments for two separate conclusions.
77.
A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify
the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or
deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify
claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.
I think we should ask Bill to take care of the house while we’re gone. According to Kent,
Bill took good care of Kent's house. In addition, he’s always been responsible about other
things. I’m sure he’ll do a good job.
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