Can every paragraph be classified either as an argument or as an explanation?
A) Yes, because every paragraph either reasons forward from premises to a conclusion or backward from a fact to its cause.
B) Yes, because every paragraph is an explanation of some kind, and arguments are a particular sort of explanation.
C) No, because some paragraphs contain no reasoning at all.
D) No, because some paragraphs provide evidence for a conclusion without making an argument.
E) No, because some paragraphs present reasoning that is too complicated to be called an argument or an explanation.
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