Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S1 · Q8 Letter to the editor: Your article

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Letter to the editor: Your article was unjustified in criticizing environmentalists for claiming that more wolves on Vancouver Island are killed by hunters than are born each year.

Conclusion

Your article was unjustified in criticizing environmentalists for claiming that more wolves on Vancouver Island are killed by hunters than are born each year.

rephrase: It may be true that more wolves are killed by hunters than are born, so you shouldn't criticize them for saying it.

Opposing Point

You stated that this claim was disproven by recent studies that indicate that the total number of wolves on Vancouver Island has remained roughly constant for 20 years.

Premise

But you failed to account for the fact that, fearing the extinction of this wolf population, environmentalists have been introducing new wolves into the Vancouver Island wolf population for 20 years.

8.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument in the letter to the editor?

  1. Environmentalists have been successfully maintaining

    Premise

    This is a premise of the argument.

    7% picked this

  2. As many wolves on Vancouver

    Too Narrow

    This is part of the main point, but the argument is really about whether criticizing environmentalists for claiming this is justified.

    2% picked this

  3. The population of wolves on

    Out of Scope

    Whether or not the wolves on Vancouver Island should be maintained is not discussed in the argument.

    0% picked this

  4. The recent studies indicating that

    Unsupported

    The argument does not question the studies, but rather the article’s assertion drawn from the studies.

    17% picked this

  5. Correct

    The stability in the size

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

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

    73% picked this

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