The bandwagon fallacy is in the insistence that good cities are good because they have rail.
Explanation:
The bandwagon fallacy is where the causation of something is confused as an effect.<u> It is the argument that because all the great cities of the country have light rail, our city too should have the same light rail system to be as good as them.</u>
This argument falls apart because the rail will not curb the problems that the passage itself talks about and then willfully ignores. I<u>n fact, bringing the rail to town will actually aggravate some of the issues mentioned here</u>. Which is why the argument becomes more weak.
Answer:
A. The results of the experiment showed a quantifiable decrease in oxygen levels.
Explanation:
The chosen sentence possesses a formal register with technical vocabulary related to science, which can be understood by professional scientists. For instance, the words <em>quantifiable </em>and <em>decrease </em>have a more academic style. Besides, the writing is impersonal and written in the third person.
The rest of the options are incorrect because they have contractions and they are too informal. Thus, their vocabulary contain casual expressions which do not follow the conventions of an academic style.
Answer:
C. "As in Beckett's play..."
Explanation:
In context, this line is expressing the similarities of 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' and 'Waiting For Godot'.
