PT154.S4.Q13

PrepTest 154 - Section 4 - Question 13

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Lindsey: There are, of course, many poets with cheerful dispositions; however, Support those I have met have much more often been disposed to melancholy. █████ ██ ███ █████ █ ████ ███ ███ ██████████████ ██ █████ ██████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████████ ████ ████ █████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ████████ ██████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████ ██████ ███ ██ ███████████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

Lindsey concludes that many poets are made melancholy by writing poetry. She concludes this because the poets she has met are more often disposed to melancholy, and because everyone knows an activity like writing poetry can be depressing.

Identify Argument Part

The claim in the last sentence is a premise used to support Lindsey’s conclusion.

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13.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████ ██████ ███ ██ ███████████

a

It is a ███████ ███████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ████████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███████████

The claim independently supports Lindsey’s conclusion. It is not offered as support for another premise.

7%
b

It is a ███████ ███ █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ █████████

The claim independently supports Lindsey’s conclusion. It is not supported by another premise.

1%
c

It is the ███████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████

The claim is not Lindsey’s main conclusion.

1%
d

It clarifies a █████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████

The claim does not clarify another claim. It is used as direct support for Lindsey’s conclusion.

11%
e

It is a ███████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ███ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███████████

The claim is a premise and independently supports Lindsey’s conclusion.

79%

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