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PrepTest 23 - Section 1 - Question 3

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Support The United States has never been a great international trader. ██ █████ ████ ██ ███ ███ █████████ ███ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████ ███ ███ ████████ ███ ████████ ████████████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ██████ █████████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ██ █ ██████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ██████ █ ███████ ███ ██ ████ ████ ███████ ███████ █████ ████ █ ███ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ███ █████

Argument Structure

The author starts by making a general claim about the United States: it has never been a "great international trader," focusing instead on manufacturing and selling products domestically. The author then points out what she claims are consequences of this approach: the US owes the world's largest amount of foreign debt, and is a "playground" for foreign investors. The author concludes that countries need foreign trade, a point she expresses metaphorically by comparing a country without foreign trade to a dog eating its tail.

Describe Method of Reasoning

The author reaches her conclusion on the basis of one specific example: the United States' historic focus on domestic rather than international trade. She makes a causal claim about this example, claiming that the U.S.'s approach led to its current "terrible" situation. She draws a conclusion expressed through a analogy: a country trying to live without foreign trade is like a dog eating its own tail.

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draw on an ███████

The author does this. Arguably, the argument draws an implicit analogy between the U.S.'s historical situation and the situation of countries in general. But there is a very clear analogy in the conclusion, where a country without foreign trade is compared to a dog trying to eat its tail.

appeal to historical ████

The author does this. The first two sentences of the stimulus are both appeals to historical facts: the U.S., instead of emphasizing international trade, historically focused on domestic trade.

identify a cause ███ ██ ██████

The author does this. She points to a cause — the U.S.'s failure to emphasize international trade — and its effects, the "terrible consequences" that include foreign debt and being a "playground" for foreign investors.

suggest a cause ██ ███ ███████ ████████ █████████

The author certainly does this. She claims that certain problems in the current economic situation are "consequences" caused by the U.S.'s failure to emphasize international trade.

question the ethical █████ ██ ██ ████████ █████████

The author doesn't do this. She does talk about consequences that are "terrible," but this seems to be more of a judgment about whether they are favorable or not. She never discusses whether an economic situation exists for good or bad ethical reasons.

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80% of people who answer get this correct

This is a slightly challenging question.

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Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right

25% 126

140

75% 154

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154

14%

153

151

154

80%

161

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