LSAT 152 – Section 4 – Question 21

LSAT 152 - Section 4 - Question 21

November 2018

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Choices		 Curve Question
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PT152 S4 Q21
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
Net Effect +NetEff
Eliminating Options +ElimOpt
A
0%
146
B
23%
156
C
0%
145
D
0%
147
E
76%
164
145
152
160
 +Medium 147.181 +SubsectionMedium

If you use a wood stove to heat your home, you should use a wood-pellet stove rather than a regular wood stove. Because wood pellets are made from by-products of manufacturing processes that would otherwise go to landfills, heating a home with a wood-pellet stove will not cause more trees to be felled. The same cannot be said for regular wood stoves. So wood-pellet stoves are better for the environment than are regular wood stoves.

Summarize Argument
The main conclusion is that people who use a wood stove to heat their homes should use wood-pellet stoves instead of regular wood stoves. The author bases this on a subsidiary conclusion that wood-pellet stoves are better for the environment than regular wood stoves. The support for this subsidiary conclusion are the claims that wood-pellet stoves don’t cause more trees to be cut down, whereas regular wood stoves will cause more trees to be cut down.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the author’s recommendation about what kind of wood stove to use: “If you use a wood stove to heat your home, you should use a wood-pellet stove rather than a regular wood stove.”

A
Wood pellets are made from waste products of manufacturing processes that would otherwise not be recycled.
This is a premise. The author uses this fact to establish that wood-pellet stoves are better for the environment than regular wood stoves, which in turn supports the author’s recommendation.
B
Heating a home with a wood-pellet stove is better for the environment than is heating a home with a regular wood stove.
This is a subsidiary conclusion. The author uses this to support the recommendation about what kind of wood stove to use.
C
Using a wood-pellet stove to heat one’s home does not cause trees to be felled.
This is part of the author’s support. Because wood-pellet stoves don’t cause more trees to be felled, whereas regular wood stoves do, wood-pellet stoves are better for the environment. This in turn supports the author’s recommendation.
D
Using a regular wood stove to heat one’s home causes trees to be felled.
This is part of the author’s support. Because wood-pellet stoves don’t cause more trees to be felled, whereas regular wood stoves do, wood-pellet stoves are better for the environment. This in turn supports the author’s recommendation.
E
People who use wood stoves to heat their homes should use wood-pellet stoves instead of regular wood stoves.
This is a paraphrase of the first sentence, which is the main conclusion.

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