<p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Issue Prompt:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px">Claim: Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted, since it may well be proven false in the future.<br />
Reason: Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px"><em>Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Argument Prompt:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px">The following appeared in a memo from the president of a chain of cheese stores located throughout the United States.<br />
“For many years all the stores in our chain have stocked a wide variety of both domestic and imported cheeses. Last year, however, the five best-selling cheeses at our newest store were all domestic cheddar cheeses from Wisconsin. Furthermore, a recent survey by Cheeses of the World magazine indicates an increasing preference for domestic cheeses among its subscribers. Since our company can reduce expenses by limiting inventory, the best way to improve profits in all of our stores is to discontinue stocking many of our varieties of imported cheese and concentrate primarily on domestic cheeses.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px"><em>Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.</em></span></p>
