Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT4 S4 Q16 Explanation

Concetta: Franchot was a great writer

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Stimulus

Concetta: Franchot was a great writer because she was ahead of her time in understanding that industrialization was taking an unconscionable toll of the working class.

Alicia: Franchot was not a great writer. The mark of a great writer is the ability to move people with the power of the written word, not the ability to be among the first to grasp a industrialization were widely understood in Franchot’s day.

What this question is testing

Method

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.

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The question
16.

In her disagreement with Concetta, Alicia does which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    Accepts Concetta’s criterion and then adds evidence to

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Discredits Concetta’s evidence and then generalizes from

  3. Correct66% picked this

    Rejects Concetta’s criterion and then disputes a

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap32% picked this

    Disputes Concetta’s conclusion and then presents facts in support of an

  5. Trap1% picked this

    Attacks one of Concetta’s claims and then criticizes the structure of

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