Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT128 S2 Q8 Explanation

Candidate: The children in our nation

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Stimulus

Candidate: The children in our nation need a better education. My opponent maintains that our outdated school system is the major impediment to achieving this goal. In fact our school system does need reform. Nonetheless, my opponent's position places far too much blame on our schools, for it seems to equate education least as responsible for educating our youth as our schools are.

What this question is testing

Role

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
8.

The statement that the school system needs reform figures in the candidate's argument in which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap6% picked this

    It is the main conclusion that the argument is attempting to establish about the position

  2. Trap1% picked this

    It is offered as an example of one of the social problems for which the

  3. Trap6% picked this

    It is cited as establishing the candidate's contention that far too much is being

  4. Trap2% picked this

    It is used to indicate how the failings of the school system are partially responsible

  5. Correct84% picked this

    It is a limited concession made to the candidate's opponent in the context of a broader challenge

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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