An artificial hormone has recently

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope0% picked this

   proposing an alternative course of action for achieving the objectives of the proposal

   Out of Scope: alternative course of action This argument is only designed to shoot down the current proposal. The author never proposes any alternative course of action that could help consumers know whether their milk contains an artificial hormone.

   0%
2. B

   Correct79% picked this

   raising considerations in order to show that the proposal being argued against, if strictly implemented, would

   Why this is right

   The author's final two claims are considerations that show that if milk producers were strictly required to list all artificial substances used in milk production, then they'd have to list things as absurd as what fertilizer was used to grow the grass or what fungicide was used to keep the grain from spoiling. The sense of absurdity is partially conveyed by the exclamation point in the final sentence. The author is incredulously exasperated! When an author argues that something "reduces to absurdity", it basically means it entails dumb or ridiculous ideas.

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

   79%
3. C

   Out of Scope: alternative proposal2% picked this

   using specific examples in order to show that an alternative to the proposal being argued against would better achieve the ends to

   This argument is only designed to shoot down the current proposal. The author never proposes any alternative course of action that could better help consumers know whether their milk contains an artificial hormone.

   2%
4. D

   Out of Scope19% picked this

   introducing a case analogous to the one under consideration to show that a general implementation of the proposal being

   Out of Scope: analogy Too Strong: impossible The author doesn't introduce any analogy nor does she argue that implementing this proposal would be impossible (although she definitely thinks it would be an unfair demand to make of milk producers).

   19%
5. E

   Out of Scope: questioning motivation0% picked this

   questioning the motivation of those who made the proposal being

   The author's premises appear after the colon in the final sentence. Nothing in there sounds anything like the author is discussing the motives of the people who came up with this proposal.

   0%