PT151 S4 Q8 ExplanationA good movie reviewer

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Movie reviewers' tastes in movies are very different from and usually better informed than those

   This does not look like the first sentence. It doesn't even mention "good movie reviewer". This answer shows us one of the supporting ideas; we might call this an intermediate conclusion because it's supported by the "because movie reviewers have seen so many movies".

   1%
2. B

   Correct73% picked this

   If a movie reviewer is good, he or she should be able to give favorable reviews of movies that are not

   Why this is right

   This is our best available match for the first sentence, which was the main conclusion. We know it's the main conclusion because it's an opinion from the author, and it's supported by other ideas (the rest of the paragraph, in this case).

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

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3. C

   Unstated Inference Last Sentence Trap3% picked this

   The function of a movie reviewer is different from that of

   This answer choice presents a claim that was never said. We can infer that the function of a movie reviewer is different from that of a film critic because we were told the function that each one plays, and they were different. Questions asking us to find the conclusion aren't asking us to find any invisible but derivable inference/assumption. They just want us to identify which of the explicit claims was the main conclusion, and the first sentence was that.

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4. D

   Premise0% picked this

   Movie reviewers see many more movies than most

   This doesn't look anything like the first sentence, so we don't need to think about it beyond that. It happens to be a premise, which is clearly indicated by the fact that it's prefaced by a Support Indicator, "because".

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5. E

   Premise Last Sentence Trap22% picked this

   The role of movie reviewers is to help people determine which movies they might enjoy seeing, not to

   This does not match the first sentence, which was the main conclusion. Since the conclusion is almost never the final claim (on Main Conclusion and Role questions), we want to always be a little nervous if we're picking an answer that matches the final claim. We can tell that this isn't the main conclusion because it's not supported. Why should we believe that the role of movie reviewers is to guide people to movies the people would like, rather than to help people appreciate better movies? ? ? We don't know why, because no support was offered for that claim.

   22%