Which of the following statements is false? a. the purpose of argument is to persuade an audience to take a certain action or to think or feel a specific way. b. any formal argument focuses on a debatable idea. c. an argument can only be supported by statistics, evidence, and expert opinions, never by personal experience. d. an argument offers substantive reasons that an assertion is true.

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.