I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. (William Tyler Page, "The American's Creed," quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 12^th ed.) A) nonargument; illustration B) nonargument; conditional statement C) nonargument; report D) nonargument; unsupported assertion

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This passage is a nonargument because it does not present premises supporting a conclusion but rather states beliefs or principles. It is classified as a report because it describes or reports on a set of beliefs or principles without attempting to argue for them.

I Believe in the United States of America as a Government