Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT104 S4 Q23 Explanation

Much of today’s literature is inferior:

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Stimulus

Much of today’s literature is inferior: most of our authors are intellectually and emotionally inexperienced, and their works lack both the intricacy and the focus on the significant that characterize good literature. However, Hypatia’s latest novel is promising; it far exceeds that of her earlier works.

What this question is testing

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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.

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The question
23.

Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information

Answer choices

  1. Trap6% picked this

    Much of today’s literature focuses less on the significant than Hypatia’s latest novel focuses

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Much of today’s literature at least lacks the property

  3. Trap4% picked this

    Hypatia’s latest novel is good literature when judged by

  4. Trap5% picked this

    Hypatia’s latest novel is clearly better than the majority of

  5. Correct84% picked this

    Hypatia’s latest novel has at least one property of good literature to a greater degree

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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