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Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.
Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.
Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.
Which one of the following, if true, undermines the booksellers’ explanation of the growth in sales of fantasy-fiction books for adults?
Publishers often select a manuscript
Seems irrelevant, but if anything it makes it seem like book reviews ARE a relevant causal factor.
5% picked this
Few readers of fantasy fiction
Why this is right
Badly weakens the plausibility of the provided explanation that better book reviews led to more sales of fantasy books.
Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
91% picked this
Most booksellers are aware of
No Impact: awareness
1% picked this
Although the increase in the
We're trying to explain the increase that has already occurred.
1% picked this
Many of the book reviews
Irrelevant Distinction: new vs. past
2% picked this
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