I did the question on my own before watching the video and chose B… yay .. dare I say I think RC is easier than LR.. im sure later in the course I will have spoken too soon lol
@nuggetsjeans All of the other ACs are incorrect because they don't connect to the author's overall purpose of arguing that medical illustrations can be valuable and trustworthy in court. A is too specific and not the author's argument, C goes against the author's main point, D wouldn't necessarily advance the author's point and doesn't discuss why the illustrations are controversial, and E is too specific and not necessarily descriptively accurate. I find that the best way to attack paragraph purpose Qs is to search for an answer that checks 2 boxes: descriptive accuracy and serving the author's overall purpose.
So for these purpose questions, we aren't looking at simply what the author states in the paragraph, but instead looking more broadly as to why they included the entire paragraph? Am I understanding that correctly?
I got this right, so I'll take a crack at describing what went on in my head. I immediately looked back the low-res summaries and saw that the opponent is saying that custom illustrations still distort facts, so the authors says that no, that isn't what happens and actually the information is just more relevant. Then I took a look at answer choices.
A - I immediately cut this out because the entire passage is about why opponents think customs are bad for use and the author thinks they are totally okay for use. NOT whether they should be used more, just whether they are okay to use.
B - I checked back on the previous paragraph argument and noticed that yes, this is a variant of that. However, I just noted this as probably good, but kept going.
C - The author never says that medical textbooks aren't well suited for the courtroom. They are obviously going to be well suited, but the author just says that custom illustrations do x,y,z things different from medical textbooks for x,y,z reasons.
D - The entire passage is about discussing the controversy of custom illustrations, but that doesn't mean the point of this paragraph is to also do that. The lack of specifics coupled with answer choice B sticking out as better allowed me to cut this answer out. This also seems to forget about the fact that the author has a dog in this fight; it's not just that a debate is being presented.
E - Again, this feels like it forgets the author having a dog in this fight. The paragraph very obviously has the author showing opinion, so the answer saying that it just describes differences is leaving out a huge part of the entire passage, as well as this paragraph.
I did the question before watching the video and wasn't expecting it to be rated such a high difficulty, which was a little unsettling to me because I hope I didn't come onto the answer too fast. But after watching the video, my quick explanations felt like they lined up and made sense. Hope this is helpful!
1;40-1:43 - "But because this is a lesson, let's make sure we're clear on why D and E are wrong, instead of dismissing it very quickly for the reason I discussed."
Any recommendations for how to organize the low res, should we be doing it paragraph by paragraph or by speaker opinion (author/opposition). I have found the latter easier to understand the full argument but I could see in this question it would be good to know which paragraph it is in
That's what I'm doing right now. As I practice more, my low-res summaries are getting shorter, and I hope I'm able to keep track of them in my head by the time of the exam. In a previous lesson, Kevin mentioned that high-scorers are able to keep track of them mentally.
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E made sense to me it is descriptively accurate
yay got this right before watching the video! I think these are a bit easier for me to answer than LR but I'm just struggling with time.
RC will be the death of me, I'm lowkey scared...
I wish these questions were worked into a drill format
I did the question on my own before watching the video and chose B… yay .. dare I say I think RC is easier than LR.. im sure later in the course I will have spoken too soon lol
@TiaTameraX2 i feel that its easier as well.. i think the difficulty will arise under the time restraint
@TiaTameraX2 Noo, I feel like starting with LR gave me so much skepticism going into RC. I'm genuinely finding this so difficult😭
I feel like I'm finally starting to understand RC!
@ltpeace22698 famous last words
First RC question I have gotten wrong in the course (not on PTs)... Streak over :(
I get why B is the most right answer, but at the same time this type of question seems a little bit subjective?
@nuggetsjeans All of the other ACs are incorrect because they don't connect to the author's overall purpose of arguing that medical illustrations can be valuable and trustworthy in court. A is too specific and not the author's argument, C goes against the author's main point, D wouldn't necessarily advance the author's point and doesn't discuss why the illustrations are controversial, and E is too specific and not necessarily descriptively accurate. I find that the best way to attack paragraph purpose Qs is to search for an answer that checks 2 boxes: descriptive accuracy and serving the author's overall purpose.
So for these purpose questions, we aren't looking at simply what the author states in the paragraph, but instead looking more broadly as to why they included the entire paragraph? Am I understanding that correctly?
Yes, that's exactly right.
Ok this one was hard.
I don't think I still understand why that is the best answer out of all.
If you got this right, how did you come to this conclusion?
I got this right, so I'll take a crack at describing what went on in my head. I immediately looked back the low-res summaries and saw that the opponent is saying that custom illustrations still distort facts, so the authors says that no, that isn't what happens and actually the information is just more relevant. Then I took a look at answer choices.
A - I immediately cut this out because the entire passage is about why opponents think customs are bad for use and the author thinks they are totally okay for use. NOT whether they should be used more, just whether they are okay to use.
B - I checked back on the previous paragraph argument and noticed that yes, this is a variant of that. However, I just noted this as probably good, but kept going.
C - The author never says that medical textbooks aren't well suited for the courtroom. They are obviously going to be well suited, but the author just says that custom illustrations do x,y,z things different from medical textbooks for x,y,z reasons.
D - The entire passage is about discussing the controversy of custom illustrations, but that doesn't mean the point of this paragraph is to also do that. The lack of specifics coupled with answer choice B sticking out as better allowed me to cut this answer out. This also seems to forget about the fact that the author has a dog in this fight; it's not just that a debate is being presented.
E - Again, this feels like it forgets the author having a dog in this fight. The paragraph very obviously has the author showing opinion, so the answer saying that it just describes differences is leaving out a huge part of the entire passage, as well as this paragraph.
I did the question before watching the video and wasn't expecting it to be rated such a high difficulty, which was a little unsettling to me because I hope I didn't come onto the answer too fast. But after watching the video, my quick explanations felt like they lined up and made sense. Hope this is helpful!
1;40-1:43 - "But because this is a lesson, let's make sure we're clear on why D and E are wrong, instead of dismissing it very quickly for the reason I discussed."
What a breath of fresh air! haha.
Thank you, Kevin!
Any recommendations for how to organize the low res, should we be doing it paragraph by paragraph or by speaker opinion (author/opposition). I have found the latter easier to understand the full argument but I could see in this question it would be good to know which paragraph it is in
would you say Purpose of paragraph questions are similar to MOR questions? it kind of seems like we use structural analysis just like MOR.
#help
Should we be writing the low res summaries down on our scratch paper, or should we be memorizing them?
That's what I'm doing right now. As I practice more, my low-res summaries are getting shorter, and I hope I'm able to keep track of them in my head by the time of the exam. In a previous lesson, Kevin mentioned that high-scorers are able to keep track of them mentally.