Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT135 S4 Q12 Explanation

The best jazz singers use their voices

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Stimulus

The best jazz singers use their voices much as horn players use their instruments. The great Billie Holiday thought of her singing voice as a horn, reshaping melody and words to increase their impact. Conversely, jazz horn players achieve their distinctive sounds by emulating the spontaneous jazz consists largely of voicelike horns and hornlike voices.

What this question is testing

Role

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.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that the best jazz singers use their voices much as

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Role15% picked this

    It is the argument's main conclusion and is supported by another statement, which is itself supported

    The claim is an intermediate conclusion and not the argument’s main conclusion.

  2. Contradiction4% picked this

    It is the argument's only conclusion, and each of the other statements in the argument is

    The claim is one of two conclusions in the argument.

  3. Correct70% picked this

    It is a statement for which some evidence is provided and which in turn is used to provide support

    Why this is right

    This correctly describes the role of the claim as an intermediate conclusion.

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

  4. Contradiction5% picked this

    It is a statement for which no evidence is provided but which itself is used to support

    The claim is supported by another claim in the argument.

  5. Contradiction5% picked this

    It is a statement used to support a conclusion that in turn is used to support

    The claim supports the argument’s main conclusion directly, while this answer suggests that it supports an intermediate conclusion of the argument.

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