EXERCISE 1 (1 point): You are provided with a conclusion. Give about ONE premise to support that conclusion. That premise should, in a general way, be true and relevant to the conclusion.

Conclusion: "College should not be free for everyone to use."

Premise:

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 2 (1 point): You are provided with a conclusion. Give about ONE premise to support that conclusion. That premise should, in a general way, be true and relevant to the conclusion.

Conclusion: "The internet should be free for everyone."

Premise:

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 3 (1 point): ARGUMENT WITH MULTIPLE CONCLUSIONS: You are provided with two premises. Give at least TWO CONCLUSIONS that follow from them. The premises should, in a general way, be relevant to proving the conclusion.

Premise: College tuition is more expensive than ever, and

Premise: it's becoming harder and harder for students to pay back student loans.

Conclusion 1: Therefore ...

Conclusion 2: And ...

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 4 (1 point): ARGUMENT WITH MULTIPLE CONCLUSIONS: You are provided with TWO PREMISES. Give at least TWO CONCLUSIONS that follow. The premises should, in a general way, be relevant to proving the conclusion.

Premise: The weather service says that there will be many more wildfires in California this year.

Premise: It also says that those wildfires will probably spread across more states than ever before.

Conclusion 1: Therefore ...

Conclusion 2: And ...

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 5 (1 point): You are provided with a conclusion. Give at least THREE premises to support that conclusion. The premises should, in a general way, be true and relevant to the conclusion.

Conclusion: "When picking what class to take next semester, it's important to keep an open mind."

Premise:

Premise:

Premise:

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 6 (1 point): You are provided with a conclusion. Give at least TWO premises to support that conclusion. The premises should, in a general way, be true and relevant to the conclusion.

Conclusion: "It's important for students to have more say over how a college makes its decisions about tuition, courses being offered, and how student tuition is spent."

Premise:

Premise:

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 7 (1 point):

Generate your own CONCLUSION as well as at least TWO PREMISES around this prompt. The premises should, in a general way, be true and relevant to the conclusion.

Prompt question: "Should students be able to elect the president of their university or college?"

Conclusion:

Premise:

Premise:

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 8 (1 point):

Generate your own CONCLUSION as well as TWO PREMISES around this prompt. The premises should, in a general way, be true and relevant to the conclusion.

Prompt question: "Are humans naturally good, naturally evil, or neither (you must defend only one)?"

Conclusion:

Premise:

Premise:

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 9 (1 point): CHAIN ARGUMENT: A chain argument is TWO arguments that are connected. In a chain argument, the conclusion of the FIRST argument is then a premise in the SECOND argument.

Below, you're given the beginnings of a chain argument. Fill in the missing pieces.

Premise: The flu is spreading quickly this month in Pennsylvania

Conclusion 1: Therefore ...

Premise: And if (restate conclusion 1 here) ...

Conclusion 2: That would mean that ...

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 10 (1 point): CHAIN ARGUMENT: A chain argument is TWO arguments that are connected. In a chain argument, the conclusion of the FIRST argument is then a premise in the SECOND argument.

Below, you're given the beginnings of a chain argument. Fill in the missing pieces.

Premise: Making marijuana illegal only fills up prisons with people who haven't committed a serious or violent crime.

Conclusion 1: Therefore ...

Premise: And if (restate conclusion 1 here) ...

Conclusion 2: That would mean that ...

Now write out your argument in paragraph form:

EXERCISE 11 (1 point): CREATING YOUR OWN ARGUMENT WITH MULTIPLE CONCLUSIONS:

Create your own argument with multiple conclusions, in "paragraph form," in the following space:

EXERCISE 12 (1 point): CREATING YOUR OWN CHAIN ARGUMENT:

Create your own chain argument, in "paragraph form," in the following space:

Part 2 (of 2): ANALYZING COMPLEX ARGUMENTS (3points)

On this worksheet

BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR THISEXERCISE! BE SURE TO CAREFULLY READ, AND FOLLOW, THE DIRECTIONS!

This module, we're learning how to identify the "premises" and "conclusion" of longer and more complex arguments. That's the skill we'll be practicing in this assignment as well.

Read the short opinion piece that is listed under Module 2's "Readings" section.

Click that link above to download the article.

Then, do the following:

(a) Identify the main conclusion of the argument (b) Identify three of the main premises of the argument

As overdose deaths rise in Philly, New York begins a lifesaving effort that we've so far failed to take | Editorial by The Editorial Board Published Dec 7, 2021 Overdose deaths have been a bleak constant in our city for nearly five years now, and, despite promises from city officials to do something about it, things seem to only be getting worse. Philadelphia is on pace for a record number of fatal overdoses this year, according to the Department of Public Health's preliminary statistics from the first half of 2021. There is no pocket of the city that has been spared from the risk posed by a toxic supply of drugs. These deaths are especially maddening because they are preventable. Fentanyl, the potent synthetic opioid, was involved in 80% of the city's fatal overdoses in 2020. Each one of those lives could have been saved if naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, was administered quickly. One way to ensure that occurs is by creating spaces, with supplies of naloxone on hand, where people can use drugs while being supervised. In January 2018, Mayor Jim Kenney's administration announced its support for supervised injection sites. For the past two years, Safehouse a nonprofit overdose prevention group has been engaged in a legal battle to get federal courts to authorize a site first winning in district court in 2019 only to be reversed on appeal earlier this year. The effort has been stuck in limbo ever since. Meanwhile, New York City (with a third of Philadelphia's overdose death rate) opened two supervised injection sites last month. During the first week of operations at the sites, nine overdoses were reversed. [...] State lawmakers could have given Kenney's support of injection sites some legal backing, had Pennsylvania passed a bill similar to one in Rhode Island, but Harrisburg has shown no interest in furthering overdose prevention measures. President Joe Biden's administration could also help, issuing an order stating the Department of Justice won't prosecute harm reduction establishments an approach federal officials took in the past with regard to marijuana dispensaries.

Conclusion (1.5 points):

Premise 1 (.5 points):

Premise 2 (.5 points):

Premise 3 (.5 points)