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Title: Pear, plum, and apple trees are like apricot trees. Since pear, plum, and apple trees are good ...
Post by: tyler0468 on Feb 7, 2018

Pear, plum, and apple trees are like apricot trees. Since pear, plum, and apple trees are good
  trees to plant for attracting hummingbirds, its likely that planting apricot trees also attracts
  hummingbirds.


 
  What will be an ideal response?


Title: Pear, plum, and apple trees are like apricot trees. Since pear, plum, and apple trees are good ...
Post by: master1998 on Feb 7, 2018

ANS:This
passage contains an argument. The issue is whether planting apricot trees attract
hummingbirds. The conclusion is that planting apricot trees attracts hummingbirds. The first
premise is that pear, plum, and apple trees are like apricot trees. The second premise is that
pear, plum, and apple trees are good trees to plant for attracting hummingbirds.
This argument is an inductive analogical argument.
 Pear, plum, and apple trees are like apricot trees. Since  pear, plum, and apple trees are
good trees to plant for attracting hummingbirds, it's likely that  planting apricot trees also
attracts hummingbirds.
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