It is characteristic of great

Answer choices

1. A

   Not Sampling8% picked this

   It assumes, without providing justification, that members of a group that is part of a larger group possess all of the characteristics possessed

   This answer choice describes the famous Sampling flaws, in which the author assumes that something that is true of a sample is true of a broader group, or vice versa. This answer seems to be trying to bait people into caring about the opening line saying "great artists generally, and of great writers in particular". That part about great artists generally has nothing to do with the reasoning move from "it's characteristic that great writers do X" to "the greater you are, the more X you do".

   8%
2. B

   Bad Evidence/Conclusion Match8% picked this

   It assumes, without providing justification, that because something is sometimes the case it must always

   This argument had nothing to do with making a move from "sometimes X" to "always X". That would have sounded more like this: Great writers are sometimes astute observers. Therefore, every great writer must be an astute observer

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3. C

   Not Assumed0% picked this

   It assumes, without providing justification, that those artists with political insight do not have insight into

   The argument says that these great writers have astute insight into political and social arrangements of their society. So not only did the author not assume what this answer is saying, but she also seems to have explicitly contradicted it.

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4. D

   Too Strong: only2% picked this

   It assumes, without providing justification, that only great individuals can make discerning criticisms

   The argument doesn't assume, "If you can't make a discerning criticism of your society, then you're not a great individual".

   2%
5. E

   Correct82% picked this

   It assumes, without providing justification, that because people who have one quality tend to have a second quality, those who have more of the

   Why this is right

   If an answer is structured, "Assumes that because X, Y", we can check whether X matches the Evidence and Y matches the Conclusion. Did the evidence talk about "people who have one quality tend to have a second quality"? Yes. Writers who have the quality of 'greatness' tend to have the second quality (the characteristic quality) of 'being an astute observer of the basic sociopolitical arrangements of their society'. Does the conclusion talk about "those who have more of the first will have more of the second"? Yes. It says that "the more greatness you have, the more astuteness you have in observing the basic arrangements of your society".

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

   82%