Logical Reasoning

PT21 · S3 · Q14 The public advocate responds to

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Politician: The mandatory jail sentences that became law two years ago for certain crimes have enhanced the integrity of our system of justice, for no longer are there two kinds of justice, the kind dispensed by lenient judges and the kind dispensed by severe ones.

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

14.

The public advocate responds to the politician’s argument by doing which one of the following?

  1. trying to show that the

    Trap

    0% picked this

  2. claiming that the politician’s evidence,

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. arguing that leniency is not

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. Correct

    arguing that an analysis of

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    90% picked this

  5. charging that the politician exaggerated

    Trap

    2% picked this

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