identifying arguments

Question 1

Reports

Answer 1

are sets of statements providing information, e.g. a weather report
that that a storm included both rain and large hail stones

Question 2

Illustrations

Answer 2

are sets of statements giving explanatory or clarifying examples,
e.g. mammals are vertebrate animals such as dogs, dolphins, elephants and
humans, that nourish their young with milk

Question 3

Explanatory statements

Answer 3

provide a causal or other reason for something, e.g.
your tomatoes died because you watered them too much

Question 4

Conditional statements

Answer 4

namely if-then statements, e.g. if Susan is sick, then she
cannot go to school