Self-study
Physician: We are constantly bombarded by warnings, based on initial studies' tentative conclusions, about this or that food having adverse health effects. ██ ███ ███████ █████████████ █████ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ██████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████████ ████ ██████████ ████████ ███ ████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ██████████ ████████ █████ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ██████████ █████████ ██ ████ ██████ ██████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██████
Summarize Argument
The medical establishment should only announce health warnings that come from conclusive studies. Why? Because people constantly subjected to fire drills eventually ignore fire alarms.
Identify Argument Part
The statement is an analogy the Physician uses to support her main conclusion.
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The statement that people who ███ ██████████ █████████ ██ ████ ██████ ██████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ █████ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ███ ███████████ █████████
a
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The statement is not an example of a warning endorsed in the Physician’s main conclusion. Rather, the statement is an example of a warning the Physician is advocating to avoid.
b
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The statement does play a logical role in the Physician’s argument.
c
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The statement is an analogy and directly supports the Physician’s main conclusion.
d
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The statement does not provide an objection to the Physician’s main conclusion. Rather, the statement is an example of a warning the Physician is advocating to avoid.
e
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The statement does not distinguish between an initial study and a definitive study.