Critical Thinking Skills - Developing Effective Analysis and Argument(2)

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Activity
bar each ot the passages oerow, Identity VI
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causal links.
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assumption or assumptions that are no lt covered
by the reasons. ldentify the assumptior 1(s) made.
C There is no link between the reasons a1 ~d the
Reason 7: The price of football tickets has risen.
Reason 2: Football players receive higher wages than
ever before.
Conclusion: Spectators are paying more to watch
matches in order to pay footballers' high wages.
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Reason 1: Sugar destroys teeth
Reason 2: Children eat a lot of sugar
Reason 3: Children's teeth decay quickly.
Conclusion: Children's teeth decay quickly because of
the sugar they eat.
Reason 7: Hedgehogs enjoy eating ice-cream.
Reason 2: Hedgehogs eat ice cream if ~t is stored in
containers that they can break open.
Reason 3: Fast food outlets report a lot of ice cream
wastage recently.
Conclusion: Hedgehogs must be breaking in to eat the
ice cream at fast
food outlets.
Reason 7: More students use the internet for research
and for submitting their work than in the past.
Reason 2: The overall number of students has risen
but the number of teaching staff has not.
Reason 3: The proportion of students plagiarising the
work of other people is likely to have remained the
same.
Conclusion: Students are now more at risk of being
discovered plagiarising.
Marie Curie, Einstein, and Darwin had long hair. They
were all great scientists. Therefore, to be a great
scientist you need long hair.
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Reason 7: Dubai's population doubled every ten years
between 1940 and 2000 and is continuing to rise.
Reason 2: The port created in 1979 at Jebel Ali
provided a prosperous free trade zone that brought
in people from all over the world.
Reason 3: Many projects for improving the economic
infrastructure, from sporting events and theme
parks to world-class technology parks and
international finance centres, have encouraged
people to settle in Dubai.
Reason 4: Large-scale property development is
underway, offering better opportunities for foreign
nationals to own property in Dubai.
Conclusion: Dubai's population is increasing because
of the opportunities it provides to foreign nationals.
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1 08 Critical Thinking Skills 0 Stella Cottrell (2005), Critical Thirlkirig Skills,
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