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Source: Princeton
Level: 1
Consumer Advocate: Your soft drink product contains high levels of an amino acid linked to decreased brain functioning. Therefore, your product should be taken off the market.
Soft-drink Company Manager: Our product is safe for consumer use. We use a production process that reduces levels of that amino acid.
The bolded phrases play which of the following roles in the arguments above?
- A The first phrase states the advocate's premise and the second phrase reveals the manager's premise.
- B The first phrase expresses the advocate's conclusion and the second phrase reveals the manager's conclusion.
- C The first phrase constitutes evidence for the advocate's position and the second phrase contains the manager's conclusion.
- D The first phrase expresses the advocate's position and the second phrase contains the manager's evidence for an opposing view.
- E The first phrase contains the advocate's conclusion and the second phrase reveals the manager's evidence for a similar point of view.