Joe: All vampire stories

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Stimulus

Joe: All vampire stories are based on an absurd set of premises. Since, according to such stories, every victim of a vampire becomes a vampire, and vampires have existed since ancient times and have almost completely eliminated their prey.

Maria: In most of the vampire stories I am familiar with, vampires turn only a few of their victims are permanently dead.

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

Joe and Maria disagree over the truth of which one of

Answer choices

Half Scope1% picked this
Vampires are always depicted in vampire stories
Joe states this. Maria never comments on this particular detail.
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Half Scope0% picked this
Vampires are always depicted in vampire stories as having existed since
Joe states this. Maria never comments on this particular detail.
0%
Half Scope1% picked this
No vampire stories are
Joe claims that all vampire stories are based on an absurd set of premises, which is similar to saying that they are incoherent. Maria never comments on how reasonable or absurd vampire stories are.
1%
Unsupported Disagree Position1% picked this
No vampire stories depict the vampire population as being
Neither Joe nor Maria discusses how vampire stories actually depict the size of the vampire population.
1%
Correct97% picked this
In all vampire stories, every victim of a vampire becomes
Why this is right
Joe states this. Maria states that, in most of the vampire stories that Maria is familiar with, vampires turn only a few of their victims into vampires.
Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
97%

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