Question 3 threw me off since it just seems to be a description of how the monkeys are rather than it asserting a claim relating to the monkeys cleverness. Did anyone else struggle with this question? Is there a way apart from the indicator words that is effective at identifying the conclusion/claim of the passage? #help #feedback

May be I need to review the rules for the Most Strongly Supported Questions again, but I thought that these passages called upon the reader to make an inference.

I selected E, the first time. And then afterward for the Blind Review, I selected C. I thought that both were inferring on the initial statement that the book publisher's were influenced by the Computer Generation. The focus on appearance as opposed to content lends one to believe that E may be correct. And if the goal is to find a conclusion that is hidden in the answer section, as was stated initially when explaining this section, one may be inclined to select C, because it directly mentions the influence that the computer generation has on book publishers and their strategy to produce new content.

I will read the comments, but I am a bit frustrated so far on how flimsy the rules for some of these sections are.

I am an Ivy League graduate with a Bachelor's in English and Comparative Literature. I am accustomed to seeing complex sentence structure and having to parse through a text to extract its meaning. I expected this to be a humbling process, but one that I would at least have more confidence/understanding in why I am incorrect as opposed to simply being told that I am with an insufficient explanation.

If anyone reads this long diatribe, please feel free to provide some #feedback/constructive criticism and above all #help.

Question #1 does not intuitively seem like there is an argument. The question appears similar to that of research questions that did not have arguments in previous videos. If someone could carefully explain how this question differs from previous research questions that did not have arguments, that would be great. To further clarify, the last part of the statement in question 1, despite containing the transition word "because" appears merely to describe aspects about the measuring technique rather than clear up or state something definitively about the importance of the measuring technique in relation to something else. Any #help is greatly appreciated.

How are we making an inference for C but we supposedly cannot do so for E?

Can there be someone else to explain this questions? There must be a more sufficient explanation for why C is correct and E is not.

I caught the referential phrase, but I selected A because it sounded like the right answer. I think I may have been nervous about the time. During the blind review, I realized that I completely forgot the argument of the passage because I was focused on capturing the referential phrase. I understood that the passage was only referring to those particular corporations who use motivational posters, but I still somehow got sidetracked.

I think it's important to keep the main thing in mind. By doing so, efficient analysis of the passage may be achieved without over focusing/worrying about identifying indicators. I got so caught up in identifying the indicators that I forgot to remember what the premise and conclusion were.

In Q5, wouldn't the word "both" refer to the qualities that Rae's newest work excels in, which are narrative suspense and character development?

For Q4, I would like greater clarity in assigning ambiguous referentials like "them" to their appropriate referent. While the consistent topic of the passage is the personal attacks of politicians, the "them" could refer to the editorialists. The last sentence could be dismissing. the criticisms of the editorialists for overemphasizing the personal attacks of politicians because of the knowledge that the attacks will end after election day.