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Exercise 1.6

Create an argument map of the simple argument or arguments contained in the following passage from Apollo Moon Landings.  Note that you will need to:

• identify the key claims
• determine how many simple arguments the passage contains,
• produce an argument map of the simple argument(s)

The tyres of the Lunar Roving Vehicle have also been brought into question, as many think they would be likely to explode in the vacuum of space. Again, a simple bit of homework reveals that the tyres were not of the traditional, inflated rubber kind. The purpose-built LRV tyres were actually made from a mesh of zinc-coated piano wire, to which titanium treads were riveted in a chevron pattern. [8.5]

Note: you'll probably find that it helps you to read the passage in the context of the surrounding paragraphs in Apollo Moon Landings (p.8).

Exercise 1.6 Model Answer