Annette: To persuade the town council

Answer choices

1. A

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   the council should adopt Sefu's development

   From these statements, we can't tell if either person thinks that the council should adopt Sefu's plan. This is just a conversation about whether a certain tactic would make it more likely that the council would adopt the plan. Common sense, not this text, tells us that Sefu thinks the council should adopt Sefu's plan, but we certainly don't have Annette arguing that the council shouldn't adopt Sefu's plan.

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2. B

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   Sefu should take the council on a trip to visit

   Why this is right

   This is Annette's only claim, so it has to be the source of disagreement. She clearly thinks that Sefu should take the council on a trip, and he is arguing that would be a bad idea because it would be a bad look for the council (it would look like they were being unduly influenced by someone that was pressuring them to vote a certain way).

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

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3. C

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   Sefu has a vested interest in the

   Sefu clearly agrees with this, but we can't point to Annette arguing that Sefu has no vested interest in the council's votes. If anything, she seems to understand that he wants the council to vote a certain way.

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4. D

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   other towns have successfully implemented similar

   Annette clearly agrees that other towns have successfully implemented similar plans, but we can't point to Sefu saying, "No other town has ever successfully implemented a similar plan".

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5. E

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   the appearance of undue influence should

   We can plausibly infer that Sefu agrees with this. He doesn't want to do Annette's plan because it would give the appearance of undue influence, so he clearly thinks that sort of things should be avoided. But we can't point to Annette arguing that it's okay to create the appearance of undue influence. We might think to ourselves, "well if she's PUSHING for this idea of taking the council to other towns, she must think you don't need to avoid the appearance of undue influence." But it's not clear that Annette has even considered that her idea may create the appearance of undue influence.

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