Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT133 S2 Q12 Explanation

Commentator: Recently, articles criticizing

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Stimulus

Commentator: Recently, articles criticizing the environmental movement have been appearing regularly in newspapers. According to Winslow, this is due not so much to an antienvironmental bias among the media as to a preference on the part of newspaper editors for articles that seem "daring" in that they seem to challenge prevailing political hardly claim to be dissidents, however much they may have succeeded in selling themselves as renegades.

What this question is testing

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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
12.

The commentator's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of

Answer choices

  1. Correct49% picked this

    Winslow is correct about the preference of newspaper editors for

    Why this is right

    This is supported by the second and third statements.

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

  2. Contradiction11% picked this

    Critics of environmentalism have not successfully promoted themselves

    The fourth statement undermines this answer.

  3. Contradiction16% picked this

    Winslow's explanation is not consonant with the frequency with which critiques of

    This is undermined by the first, second, and third statements. Winslow’s explanation is consonant with the frequency since Winslow is correct about the editors’ preference for articles that seem daring and antienvironmental articles have been appearing regularly.

  4. Contradiction23% picked this

    The position attacked by critics of environmentalism is actually the prevailing

    The fourth statement undermines this answer.

  5. Speculation2% picked this

    Serious environmentalism will eventually become a prevailing

    The statements do not make any predictions.

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