Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT155 S4 Q6 ExplanationCritic: Linsey has been

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Stimulus

Critic: Linsey has been judged to be a bad songwriter simply because her lyrics typically are disjointed and subjective. This judgment is ill founded, however, since the writings of many modern novelists typically are disjointed are widely held to be good writers.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
6.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in

Answer choices, explained

  1. Too Strong3% picked this

    Linsey is a good

    This is tempting! However, the conclusion doesn't state that Linsey is a good songwriter. Saying "this judgement is ill founded" doesn't mean that the opposite is true. Strictly speaking, "ill founded" means that whoever judges Linsey to be a bad songwriter hasn't arrived at that opinion in a logical way. At most, we can take this to mean that Linsey is not a bad songwriter. It doesn't mean that Linsey is a good songwriter. Linsey could be a songwriter of average or mediocre talent, but not necessarily "good."

  2. Correct93% picked this

    The view that Linsey is a bad songwriter is

    Why this is right

    "The judgement is ill founded" is a fancy way of saying that a claim is poorly supported. The support—that her lyrics are disjointed and subjective—doesn't support the claim that she's a bad songwriter.

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

  3. Premise0% picked this

    The writings of many modern novelists are disjointed

    This is evidence used to support the conclusion. It's not the conclusion.

  4. Premise0% picked this

    Many modern novelists are widely held to be

    This is evidence used to support the conclusion. It's not the conclusion.

  5. Bad Conclusion Match4% picked this

    Linsey’s talent as a writer is no less than that of

    The conclusion itself doesn't compare Lindsey's writing talent to the talent of modern novelists. The critic states that the writing of modern novelists is similar to Lindsey's songwriting in a specific way: it's disjointed and subjective. The critic might believe that Linsey's talent is less than that of modern novelists, or equal to modern novelists, or even better. We don't know. The critic is only stating that Linseys disjointed and subjective lyrics aren't enough reason to judge her songwriting as "bad."

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