Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT134 S3 Q5 Explanation

Peter: Unlike in the past

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Stimulus

Peter: Unlike in the past, most children's stories nowadays don't have clearly immoral characters in them. They should, though. Children need of being bad.

Yoko: Children's stories still tend to have clearly immoral characters in them, but now these characters tend not to be the Surely that's an improvement.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
5.

Peter and Yoko disagree over whether today's

Answer choices

  1. Half Scope1% picked this

    should be less frightening than they

    Yoko would agree with this statement, but Peter does not address it.

  2. Half Scope2% picked this

    tend to be less frightening than earlier children's

    Yoko would agree with this statement, but Peter does not address it.

  3. Out of Scope3% picked this

    differ significantly in overall quality from earlier

    Neither addresses the overall quality of children’s stories, but rather the value of having clearly immoral characters in them. This is just part of the overall quality of a children’s story.

  4. Correct92% picked this

    tend to have clearly immoral characters

    Why this is right

    Yoko would agree with this statement, while Peter would not.

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

  5. Half Scope1% picked this

    should help children learn the consequences of

    Peter would agree with this statement, but Yoko does not address it.

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