Logical Reasoning

PT154 · S1 · Q7 Mark: Advances in technology

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Mark: Advances in technology have caused the decline of newspaper sales.

Given Mark's Claims

1. Advances in technology have caused the decline of newspaper sales.

2. News can be reported in articles on the Internet as it happens and at any time of day.

3. No print newspaper can possibly keep up with that.

Evaluate Fatuma's Responses

1. Disagrees 2. no comment 3. no comment

Fatuma and Mark disagree about the cause of declining newspaper sales. Fatuma's second sentence reveals their point of disagreement with Mark. Mark believes that advances in technology have caused the decline of newspaper sales, while Fatuma states

Goal

We'll look for an answer that addresses claim #1. Beware of answers which focus on details that only one person commented on.

7.

Mark and Fatuma disagree over the truth of which one of the following?

  1. Correct

    Readers are abandoning newspapers in

    Why this is right

    This summarizes Mark's claims about advances in technology causing the decline of newspaper sales. Fatuma claims that readers are abandoning newspapers due to the way that newspaper articles are written, not because of how quickly news appears on the Internet.

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

    92% picked this

  2. Newspaper articles are too long.

    Half Scope

    Fatuma states this. None of Mark's claims indicate that they agree or disagree with this.

    1% picked this

  3. News articles on the Internet

    Half Scope

    Fatuma states this. None of Mark's claims indicate that they agree or disagree with this.

    1% picked this

  4. Newspaper writing is hampered by

    Half Scope

    Fatuma states this. None of Mark's claims indicate that they agree or disagree with this.

    5% picked this

  5. No print newspaper can possibly

    Half Scope

    Mark states this. None of Fatuma's claims indicate that they agree or disagree with this.

    2% picked this

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