Determine Whether the Following Passage Contains an Argument And, If

question 13

Essay

Determine whether the following passage contains an argument and, if it does, identify that argument's final conclusion.
"People who drive SUVs with American flags flying from them are just pretending to be patriots. The real patriots are people who drive cars that get decent mileage, since that actually accomplishes something-it lessons our dependence on foreign oil."

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Definitions:

Sponge

Simple aquatic animals with porous bodies through which water can circulate, belonging to the phylum Porifera.

Blastopore

The opening that develops during early embryonic development, leading to the formation of the digestive tract in animals.

Deuterostomes

Deuterostomes are a major group in the animal kingdom characterized by the development of the anus from the first opening in the embryo, with humans and other vertebrates being examples.

Protostomes

A clade of animals characterized by embryonic development in which the mouth forms before the anus during early embryogenesis.