1. The snow is making driving conditions very dangerous. But I must still go out and vote even though my candidate has no chance
of winning. 2. Smallpox is no longer a threat to anyone in the United States. And the vaccination against it is unpleasant and, in rare cases, lifethreatening. We were wise when we ceased the routine vaccination of our children.
A statement can contain one argument, more than one argument or no argument.
Argument are intended to determine the degree of truth hence enabling a conclusion to be made. It contains one or more premises and only one conclusion.
A premise is the statement in the argument that provides reasons to support a conclusion.
In the first statement, there is no argument. This is because there is neither a premise nor a conclusion
The second statement has a conclusion(the last sentence) and two premises(first two sentences) therefore it is an argument.
water can absorb a large amount of energy without a large rise in temperature. This is called heat capacity. As the sun shines on bodies of water, they absorbs great amount of its energy without a large fluctuation in temperature.
The core concept is the sentence. The start. It's the biggest thought on the subject. There was a mistake. The author will find the principal idea in a paragraph in various ways. The principal concept is normally a phrase, and usually is the first phrase.