Self-study
Support Anyone who knows Ellsworth knows that he is bursting with self-righteousness, touting the idealism of his generation over the greed of the previous generation. ██ ██ ███ ███ █████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ██████████
Summary
If you know Ellsworth, you won’t be surprised that he’s offended. Why? Because anyone who knows Ellsworth knows that he’s self-righteous.
Missing Connection
The conclusion is about taking offense, but the premise doesn’t mention that concept! So the correct answer needs to link the premise with the conclusion by telling us that, if someone is self-righteous, people aren’t surprised when they’re offended.
15.
The conclusion drawn above follows █████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████
a
Everyone suspects self-righteous ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██████████
This doesn’t mention being offended, so it can’t be right. The conclusion is about taking offense, but the premise doesn’t talk about that, so we need an answer that links “offended” with “self-righteous.” It doesn’t matter if people suspect that Elsworth is truly unethical!
b
Ellsworth has been ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ █████████ ███████
This doesn’t mention being offended, so it can’t be right. The conclusion is about taking offense, but the premise doesn’t talk about that, so we need an answer that links “offended” with the existing premise (that people who know Ellsworth know he’s self-righteous).
c
Hypocrites often hide ██████ █████████ ████████████
This doesn’t mention being offended, so it can’t be right. The conclusion is about taking offense, but the premise doesn’t talk about that, so we need an assumption that links “offended” with “self-righteous.” (C) adds in a whole new term—hypocrites—which is irrelevant!
d
Ellsworth is in ████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████████
This doesn’t mention being offended, so it can’t be right. The conclusion is about taking offense, but the premise doesn’t mention that, so we need an answer that links “offended” with “self-righteous.” It doesn’t matter if Ellsworth is actually innocent!
e
Everyone expects self-righteous ██████ ██ ██ ██████ █████████
This appropriately links the premise with the conclusion! If those who know Ellsworth know he’s self-righteous, and everyone expects self-righteous people to be easily offended, then it follows logically that those who know Ellsworth expect him to be easily offended!