WEEK 3 CRITICAL THINKING PAGE 11-Identify at least one premise from the argument above.
2-Identify the conclusion from the argument above.
Is the following passage an argument? Explain your answer.
Video gaming (playing video games) has become a popular activity for people of all ages. Many children and adolescents spend large amounts of time playing them. Video gaming is a multibillion-dollar industry bringing in more money than movies and DVDs. Video games have become very sophisticated and realistic. Some games connect to the Internet, which can allow children and adolescents to play online with unknown adults and peers. Is the following passage an argument? Explain your answer.
More than 50 percent of Europeans speak more than one language. By contrast, only about 18 percent of Americans speak a language other than English. Therefore, learning a second (or third) language is a tangible way you can distinguish yourself in our global business world.Page 2

1-To what extent do you agree with the logic that when laws are too difficult or expensive to enforce, we should dispense with them? Provide at least one example or counter-example to demonstrate why you feel that way.2-Many complex societal issues involve numerous competing arguments rather than a single, straightforward, indisputable answer. How does Leslie Stahl summarize the conundrum of the minimum-21 drinking law?Page 3.4
This standardized test of college and career readiness is particularly inappropriate and unreliable because not one teacher was involved in setting the learning goals.
What is the hidden assumption in the enthymeme above?
Supreme Court justices are government officials whose salaries are paid by the taxpayers, and their records, like those of the president, should be deemed public property and available for review after taking into account reasonable privacy concerns.
What is the hidden assumption in the enthymeme above?http://www.webtexts.com/courses/14716-wilson/traditional_book/chapters/1330663-arguments/pages/1163085
1-The writer offers research from an academic study to support his main argument about the relationship between gun control laws and crime. Explain how this support serves to form an inductive argument rather than a deductive argument.2-To what extent do you find the inductive arguments presented in both of these articles to be strong or weak? Explain your answer