Logical Reasoning

PT101 · S2 · Q15 The authors of a recent article examined warnings

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The authors of a recent article examined warnings of an impending wave of extinctions of animal species within the next 100 years.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

15.

Which one of the following is the main point of the argument?

  1. Correct

    There is evidence that the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    91% picked this

  2. The future rate of extinction

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. The rate of extinction of

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Forty species and subspecies of

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. A substantial number of fish

    Trap

    1% picked this

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