Principle: One should criticize

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct52% picked this

   Jarrett knew that the defects in the essay were so obvious that pointing them out

   Why this is right

   This establishes the 2nd of the two criteria.

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

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2. B

   Does Not Establish Either Criterion11% picked this

   Jarrett's criticism of the essay would have been to Ostertag's benefit only if Ostertag had been unaware of the defects in

   We are looking for "seriously harmed Ostertag" or "Jarrett never thought it would benefit anyone else". This answer is not coming close to giving us either of those ideas.

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3. C

   Does Not Establish Either Criterion12% picked this

   Jarrett knew that the criticism might

   We're looking for "seriously harmed Ostertag" or "Jarrett never thought it would benefit anyone else". This answer comes close to both, but "might antagonize" is not the same as "did seriously harm". And the fact that J knew that the criticism might annoy Ostertag doesn't settle the issue of whether Jarrett thought the criticism would benefit someone else. The person benefiting doesn't have to be the one critiqued. It's possible that Jarrett thought that criticizing Ostertag might annoy Ostertag but benefit one of the other writers in the class who could learn to avoid Ostertag's errors.

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4. D

   Does Not Establish Either Criterion12% picked this

   Jarrett hoped to gain prestige by

   This doesn't come close to getting us "seriously harmed Ostertag". It's closer to "Jarrett never thought it would benefit anyone else", but you can hope for more than one thing with a given action. Jarrett might have hoped to gain prestige and hoped to benefit someone else. If this said "Jarrett only hoped to gain prestige by criticizing Ostertag", then it would guarantee us that Jarrett did not hope to benefit someone else.

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5. E

   Does not Establish Either Criterion13% picked this

   Jarrett did not expect the criticism to be to

   This is close to establishing that "Jarrett never thought it would benefit anyone else", but this only talks about whether it would benefit Ostertag. It's possible that Jarrett didn't think Ostertag would benefit from the critique but still thought other classmates would. The rule is about whether someone other than the critic would benefit, but the rule doesn't say it needs to be the person being critiqued who benefits.

   13%