Self-study
Gardener: Researchers encourage us to allow certain kinds of weeds to grow among garden vegetables because they can repel caterpillars from the garden. █████ ██ ██ ████ ██ █████ ███████████ ███ ██ █████████████ ███ ████████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███ ██ █████ █████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ████ ██████ █████ ██████ ███ ███ █████ ████ ███████ █████ █████ ██ ████████ ██████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The researchers’ advice is premature. Why? Because there may be unknown downsides to their advice.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the gardener’s claim about the cited advice: “the researchers' advice is premature.”
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a
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This inaccurately rephrases a concession point in the argument. The gardener agrees that unnecessary insecticides should be avoided, but doesn’t say that use should be eliminated.
b
Allowing certain kinds ██ █████ ██ ████ ██ █████████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ █ ███ ████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ██████
This is a possibility the gardener addresses in the premises to show that the advice is premature because it may have big drawbacks.
c
Allowing the right █████ ██ █████ ██ ████ ██ █████████ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ███████████ ████████████ ███████ ███ ███ ██ █████████████
This is the researchers’ reasoning in the context for why they recommend growing certain weeds. The gardener brings up other considerations against that recommendation.
d
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This answer choice accurately rephrases the gardener’s conclusion. The researcher’s advice (growing certain weeds among garden vegetables) is premature (we should be cautious about it).
e
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The gardener does not refute the researchers’ claim that the weeds reduce caterpillars. She claims that although there may be that benefit, the advice is premature because it may have other downsides.