The following passages contain arguments. Using the tools for identifying parts of arguments in Units 1 and 2, analyze the arguments by bracketing and labeling the premises and conclusions in the passage. You must diagram the arguments using circled numbers, direction arrows, and brackets. You must also include a brief explanation of how you determined your diagram. Your explanation should be sufficiently detailed to prove or demonstrate that your identification of the argument is correct. 

Note: A passage will contain an argument even if the author does not propose, but merely reports an argument. You should not use student file-sharing websites. This is because they violate the academic integrity policy and cheapen the value of your credential.

They are obviously a vampire. They sleep in a coffin and have no reflection in a mirror.

We learned that the restaurant had several past health-code violations. Not only that, we found out they are using expired food. We should eat somewhere else and call the food inspector.

The traffic circle should be eliminated. It slows down traffic, which makes people tailgate. Tailgating leads to road rage, which leads to altercations between drivers. No one really knows how to drive in a traffic circle. Driver’s education spends less than ten minutes explaining them. Drivers right now have enough distractions with cellphones, dashboard dining, and all kinds of multitasking while driving. Let’s make driving easier for them and get rid of the traffic circle.

It is unrealistic to expect all middle- or high-school school students to become proficient producers of academic language. Many graduate students still struggle to manage the authoritative stance, and the self-presentation as an expert that justifies it, in their writing. And it is important to note that not all features associated with the academic writing style are desirable. Snow, Catherine. “Academic Language and the Challenge of Reading for Learning about Science.” Science vol. 328 no. 5977. 2010. Pp. 450–452.