@Shesopolitical I feel you! I got the same question incorrect

4/5. The first one got me. The first step is VERY important. If you find yourself asking why the author does get to the point, it's most likely because there is NO conclusion. Good Luck!

@Rosary This is a great explanation!

The Disney example is the strongest because it has the strongest supporting information (The author gives us multiple premises that support the conclusion).

The tiger example is in the middle because we are not given enough premises.

The trash bin example is a weak argument because the author hypothesizes a lot and looking at this example, I can tell the author is giving us a lot of assumptions.

Please correct me if I am wrong. Here's my example:

Anna is a political activist from Venezuela currently residing in Spain. She does not support Maduro's Regime and is against his human rights violations. While she lived in Venezuela, she was part of one of the political parties against the Maduro Regime. Because of her political involvement against the Maduro Regime, she was politically persecuted and had to leave Venezuela. Thus, if she returns to Venezuela, she will be harmed or tortured.

Hmm, I feel a little overwhelmed with so many premises listed at once! But I liked how the instructor broke it down into pieces.

@Daaniellaa510

I also got questions #6 wrong. I got confused with the word "But." I somehow connected sentence #1 with sentence #2 to form a relationship and thought that if it's a relationship then it's an argument but after watching the explanation in the video and going back to our previous lessons, I realized that yes, there may be a relationship here but that doesn't necessarily mean it's an argument. I have to remind myself of the following:

"An argument is a persuasive set of claims that consists of at least one premise that supports at least one conclusion. The relationship within an argument—that of support—is the most important relationship on the test." - 7S

Now that I go back and read questions #6, I don't see the author trying to convince us of anything, let alone support his/her conclusion (I don't see a conclusion!)

I hope my reflective thinking of why I got this questions wrong helps someone else!

@MSharon10 that's a really interesting way of looking at it!

Good luck!