Lesson: Critical/Logical Reasoning - 04t01

Identifying Evidence And Conclusion

Note on your scratch paper the function that you think each of the sentences in this paragraph serves. Click Continue when you're ready.

The Brookdale Public Library will require extensive physical rehabilitation to meet the new building codes passed by the town council.

For one thing, the electrical system is inadequate, causing the lights to flicker sporadically.

Furthermore, there are too few emergency exits and even those are poorly marked and sometimes locked.

Countinue

The first sentence is the conclusion of the argument. It's what the author wants you to believe.

The second sentence is evidence to support the author's conclusion that the library will require extensive physical rehabilitation to meet the new codes.

The third sentence is additional evidence to support the conclusion; it tells us about the inadequacy of the emergency exits.

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