Self-study
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Summarize Argument
The funding of NEO research to protect Earth from asteroid collisions is not a waste of money because buying home insurance to protect your home makes good economic sense.
Identify Argument Part
This statement connects the analogy of home insurance making good fiscal sense to the conclusion that government funding of NEO research is not a waste of money.
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a
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The statement connects the analogy (buying home insurance) to the conclusion that funding NEO research makes good fiscal sense.
b
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The statement is not the overall conclusion of the argument. It does not receive any support.
c
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The statement does not define any key terms.
d
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The statement does not provide a contrast to the situation. It tries to make the situations more similar.
e
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The statement is not a general principle, and the argument does not try to support it. The statement is used to support the argument’s main conclusion.