Chapter 1, Level 1 Self-Quiz: C

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. Is the following passage an argument or an explanation?

Many independent candidates won recent elections, even beating out strong incumbents. It must be because voters are disappointed with the two-party system.

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Is the following passage an argument or an explanation?

Welcome to the fall of Les Miles. That sentence is all about context -- because I mean fall as a season, not as a drop from grace.

  Bruce Feldman, “Les Miles Is on a Heck of a Run,” ESPN

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. Is the following passage an argument or an explanation?

To make Windows Phone 7 a success, Microsoft has to win over not just phone manufacturers and phone companies, but software developers. The iPhone and Android are popular in part because of the tens of thousands of tiny applications, or “apps,” made by outside software developers.   Newspaper article, “Microsoft Bets Big on New Phone Software”

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Years ago I used to think sometimes of making a lecturing trip through the antipodes and the borders of the Orient, but always gave up the idea, partly because of the great length of the journey and partly because my wife could not well manage to go with me.   Mark Twain, How to Tell a Story & Other Essays

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