A recent study of major motion

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct69% picked this

   Movies based on standard plots are more likely to be financially successful than are ones

   Why this is right

   Financial success is not relevant to explaining why people enjoy seeing several new movies each year.

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

   69%
2. B

   Explains the Paradox2% picked this

   If the details of their stories are sufficiently different, two movies with the same basic plot will be perceived by

   This suggests the moviegoers may not be aware that the movies they see are based on plots they have seen many times before.

   2%
3. C

   Explains the Paradox9% picked this

   Because of the large number of movies produced each year, the odds of a person seeing two movies with the same general plot structure

   This suggests that moviegoers are unlikely to see movies based on the same plot as other movies they have themselves already seen.

   9%
4. D

   Explains the Paradox2% picked this

   A certain aesthetic pleasure is derived from seeing several movies that develop the same plot

   This suggests that people enjoy seeing movies based on the same general plot structure.

   2%
5. E

   Explains the Paradox17% picked this

   Although most modern movie plots have been used before, most of those previous uses occurred during

   This suggests that moviegoers are unlikely to see movies based on the same plot as other movies they have themselves already seen.

   17%