Logical Reasoning

PT126 · S1 · Q12 Critic: A novel cannot

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Critic: A novel cannot be of the highest quality unless most readers become emotionally engaged with the imaginary world it describes.

Evidence

A novel cannot be of the highest HQ → EE quality unless most readers become Emotionally engaged with the imaginary world it describes.

Shifts of narrative point of view SN → FA within a novel tend to make most readers Focus on the author.

Conclusion

Thus shifts of narrative point of SN → ~HQ view within a novel, either between first and third personor of some other sort, detract from the merit of the work (not high quality).

Evaluate

The argument assumes that FA → ~EE readers who focus on the author do not become emotionally engaged with the imaginary world the author describes.

12.

Which one of the following is an assumption necessary for the critic's conclusion to be properly drawn?

  1. Most readers become emotionally engaged

    Reversal

    This reverses a premise. EE → HQ

    3% picked this

  2. A novel is generally not

    Term Shift

    Engaging the imagination is not the same as emotionally engaged.

    7% picked this

  3. Correct

    Most readers cannot become emotionally

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap between FA → ~EE emotionally engaged and focusing on he author.

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

    87% picked this

  4. Most readers regard a novel's

    Supports a premise

    This supports the premise that shifts of narrative tend to make most readers focus on the author.

    2% picked this

  5. Shifts in narrative point of

    Contradiction

    A premise of the argument is that shifts of narrative tend to make readers focus on the author. An author may intend for the readers to focus on the author.

    1% picked this

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