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Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.
Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.
Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.
In responding to the ornithologist's hypothesis that Archeopteryx was tree-dwelling, the paleontologist
questions the qualifications of the
1% picked this
denies the truth of the
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uses a parallel case to
Why this is right
Answer C is correct.
Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
94% picked this
shows that the hypothesis contradicts
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provides additional evidence to support
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