Music professor: Because rap

Answer choices

1. A

   Trap6% picked this

   challenges it by offering evidence against one of the stated premises on which its conclusion concerning

   Goes After Both Parts of the Conclusion Attacks Assumptions, Not Evidence This critic tackled the rationale for individualistic and nontraditional, so this is wrong in terms of saying it went "against one". But it's also pretty much never the case anything on LSAT goes against the the truth of the evidence presented. We go after its force, its relevance, its trustworthiness, but not its truth. The critic didn't say, "Rappers are working with other musicians in the studio, or rappers are learning musical instruments."

   6%
2. B

   Correct73% picked this

   challenges its conclusion concerning rap music by offering certain additional observations that the music professor does not take

   Why this is right

   The additional observations brought up by the critic suggest that rappers aren't just trying to please themselves and aren't operating outside of a traditional art form.

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

   73%
3. C

   Doesn't Generalize6% picked this

   challenges the grounds on which the music professor generalizes from the particular context of rap music to the broader context

   The professor doesn't go from talking about rap in his premise to not talking about rap in his conclusion. There's no generalization. The author just argues, "Because these facts are true about rap, these qualities are apt in describing rap."

   6%
4. D

   No Alternative Explanations2% picked this

   challenges it by offering an alternative explanation of phenomena that the music professor cites as evidence for his

   The professor didn't present any phenomenon in need of an explanation. He described aspects of the phenomenon of creating rap music, but he never offered an explanation for why that happens. His conclusion sounds more like a result what is said in the premise. And the critic certainly isn't presenting alternative storylines for something that happened / is happening. She is just bringing up other true facts about rap music. We don't hear the critic saying, "The REAL reason that rap musicians are alone in the studio is _______. The REAL reason they don't learn an instrument is _______ ."

   2%
5. E

   Bad Evidence Match14% picked this

   challenges each of a group of claims about tradition and individuality in music that the music professor gives

   The music professor concludes something about individuality and tradition, but there is nothing about those things in his evidence. There certainly isn't a group of claims about tradition and individuality in the professor's evidence.

   14%