Exam 3: Diagramming Arguments

Choose the correct diagram for each of the following arguments. -There are three reasons why 1. a composition course should be the first class you take in college. First, 2. composition courses provide the writing skills needed for clear communication. Also, 3. they improve your logical reasoning. Finally, 4. composition courses are more fun than other courses.

Choose the correct diagram for each of the following arguments. -1. Rhinoceros herds must be protected, so 2. you ought to support the Save African Rhinos campaign. Thus, 3. you should have fifty dollars a month deducted from your paycheck for the campaign.

Choose the correct diagram for each of the following arguments. -1. A chemistry course should be the most challenging course you take in college. This is because 2. chemistry courses require extensive lab work, and 3. extensive lab work makes a course challenging. Besides, 4. science is just hard to understand.

Write a Basic Analysis plus Argument Diagram (where appropriate) for each of the following passages. -Gasoline prices will most likely continue to rise throughout the next decade. As a result, the US government ought to encourage drivers to move to electric vehicles, and it also need to encourage auto companies to phase out gasoline powered automobiles.

Diagram each of the following arguments. -There has recently been a movement across the country to ban smoking on college campuses. There are two important reasons why our campus should follow this trend. First, allowing cigarette smoking on campus exposes all students, both smokers and non-smokers alike, to second hand smoke, and according to the US Surgeon General, second-hand smoke exposure causes cancer. Second, banning smoking on campus will help keep our campus clean since smokers will no longer be able to dispose of their cigarette butts on the campus grounds.