Self-study
A neighborhood group plans to protest the closing of the neighborhood's only recreation center on the grounds that to do so would leave the neighborhood without local access to a recreation center. ████ ████████████ ███████ ███ ███ ████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ████ ███████ ████ ██████ █████ ████ ███ █████████ ████████████ █████ ██████ ██ ████████████ ██████████ ██ █ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████████
Summarize Argument
The resident concludes that it would be unacceptable to close the neighborhood's only recreation center. In support, the resident claims that access to recreational facilities is a necessary amenity for the neighborhood, and that this neighborhood already has the city's highest ratio of residents to recreation centers.
Notable Assumptions
The resident assumes that the neighborhood would no longer have access to necessary recreational facilities if the recreation center closed. This means assuming that residents couldn't access recreational facilities elsewhere, like in another neighborhood's center, or outside of a recreation center. The resident also assumes that members of the neighborhood currently use the center's recreational facilities.
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This affirms the resident's assumption that another recreation center wouldn’t provide adequate access to recreation facilities. Rather than weakening, this supports the resident’s argument that closing the recreation center is unacceptable.
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Most people who use recreational facilities are children, and this neighborhood has very few chilren. This undermines the resident's assumption that neighborhood residents currently make significant use of the center's recreational facilities.
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Even when the recreation center is open, people choose not to go. Like (B), this weakens the resident’s argument by telling us that recreational facilities are not widely used in this neighborhood.
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This says that people simply aren’t using the recreation center. Like (B) and (C), this weakens the resident’s claim that closing the recreation center would create an unmet need for recreational facilities.
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People would rather play video games than go to the recreation center. This indicates an alternative means of recreation for the neighborhood's residents, weakening the resident's argument.