In Winifred’s response to Henry,

Answer choices

1. A

   Wrong Role3% picked this

   It addresses an ambiguity in Henry’s use of the expression “communicate

   Her statement provides an example of "animals have several ways of accomplishing critical tasks", which goes against Henry's assumption that "if the bees have scent trail as an option to accomplish the critical task of providing directions to food, then they wouldn't also use some other method in addition". It has nothing to do with any ambiguity in "communicate the location", which has a very clear meaning.

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2. B

   Correct70% picked this

   It provides evidence in support of a

   Why this is right

   Her statement about how some bees navigate provides an example of "animals have several ways of accomplishing critical tasks". Examples = evidence in support of a claim Is it a general claim to say, "Most animals have several ways of accomplishing critical tasks"? Definitely. That's a generalization about most animals.

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

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3. C

   Wrong Role12% picked this

   It calls into question the accuracy of key evidence cited

   Her statement about how some bees navigate calls into question Henry's assumption that "if the bees have scent trail as an option to accomplish the critical task of providing directions to food, then they wouldn't also use some other method in addition". But it doesn't call into question any evidence cited by Henry (it doesn't undermine any explicit claims).

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4. D

   Too Strong: contradicts3% picked this

   It points out that Henry’s conclusion directly contradicts one of

   The idea that an author has contradicted himself is wrong 99.5% of the time we see it on LSAT. Contradicting yourself is very hard to do and sounds ridiculous. Since Henry's conclusion was "there must be some other explanation for the honeybees' dance", this answer is accusing Henry of having had a premise that said "the only explanation for the honeybees' dance is to communicate the location of a food source", which of course was not a premise that Henry had.

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5. E

   Wrong Role13% picked this

   It proposes an alternative explanation for the

   Winnie's statement that "some bees navigate by doing X or by doing Y" has nothing to do with the honeybees' dance. In fact, it's not even a statement about honeybees. It's implied that she's talking about other species of bees. They are not dancing; they are not sending friends to food sources. These other bees are just trying to navigate around the world. This answer seems to imply that Winnie is bringing up these other bees in order to suggest that "the REAL explanation for the honeybees' dance is that ... they use the dance to navigate"? That's definitely not what she's saying.

   13%