Understanding Arguments

Which of the following is an argument?

• The woman in the hat is not a witch since witches have long noses and she doesn't have a long nose.

• I have been wrangling cattle since before you were old enough to tie your own shoes.

• Albert is angry with me so he probably won't be willing to help me wash the dishes.

• First I washed the dishes and then I dried them.

Identify the argument from the options below.

• If the road wasn't icy, the car wouldn't have slid off the turn.

• Albert isn't a fireman and he isn't a fisherman either.

• The fact that obesity has become a problem in the U.S. is shown by the fact that obesity rates have risen significantly over the past four decades.

• Are you seeing that rhinoceros over there? It is huge!

Which statement is an argument?

• Albert isn't a fireman because Albert is a Greyhound, which is a kind of dog, and dogs can't be firemen.

• Bob showed me a graph with the rising obesity rates and I was very surprised to see how much they've risen.

• The reason I forgot to lock the door is that I was distracted by the clown riding a unicycle down our street while singing Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Simple Man'.

• Charlie and Violet are dogs and since dogs don't sweat, it is obvious that Charlie and Violet don't sweat.

Select the argument from the following options.

• Albert isn't a fireman and he isn't a fisherman either.

• No one who has ever gotten frostbite while climbing K2 has survived to tell about it, therefore no one ever will.

• Samsung stole some of Apple's patents for their smartphones, so Apple stole some of Samsung's patents back in retaliation.

• What Bob told you is not the real reason that he missed his plane to Denver.

Which of the following sentences is an argument?

• The woman in the hat is not a witch since witches have long noses and she doesn't have a long nose.

• I have been wrangling cattle since before you were old enough to tie your own shoes.

• Albert is angry with me so he probably won't be willing to help me wash the dishes.

• First I washed the dishes and then I dried them.

Identify the argument from the options below.

• The fact that obesity has become a problem in the U.S. is shown by the fact that obesity rates have risen significantly over the past four decades.

• Are you seeing that rhinoceros over there? It is huge!

• If the road wasn't icy, the car wouldn't have slid off the turn.

• Albert isn't a fireman and he isn't a fisherman either.

Which statement is an argument?

• The reason I forgot to lock the door is that I was distracted by the clown riding a unicycle down our street while singing Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Simple Man'.

• Charlie and Violet are dogs and since dogs don't sweat, it is obvious that Charlie and Violet don't sweat.

• Albert isn't a fireman because Albert is a Greyhound, which is a kind of dog, and dogs can't be firemen.

• Bob showed me a graph with the rising obesity rates and I was very surprised to see how much they've risen.