Answer:
C. If legislation can ban straws, it can also ban forks and takeout containers.
Explanation:
Here we see the slippery slope fallacy at work—the mistaken belief that one event necessarily leads to another with no causal relationship between them.
The author here implies that a ban on plastic straws will lead to a broader ban on single-use items like forks and takeaway containers.
Knowing that the narrator is speaking directly to you as the reader and giving only his perception of what happened leads to questions of whether or not he is a reliable narrator and lends an air of mystery to the story. In the opening of the story he even says he does not expect to be believed and that his “senses reject their own evidence,” so the reader cannot be sure of what is true....
Answer:
C
Explanation:
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I believe B would be the answer, as the subject closest to the verb (rolls) corresponds to the verb (when there is an "or" or "nor" in a sentence, the verb should correspond to the subject closest to it). For A, "adding machine" should correspond to "make," but it doesn't. For C, the subject is plural (team members and the coach), but the verb is singular; the case is the same for D.
