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Henry: Some scientists explain the dance of honeybees as the means by which honeybees communicate the location of whatever food source they have just visited to other members of the hive. ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███████████ █ █████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ████████████ ███████ █████████ █████████ ██ █████ ████ ██████ █████ █ █████ █████ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ████ ████████ █████ ████ █████████ ██ ████ █████ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ██████
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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
Winifred says that honeybees’ use of food scent trails doesn’t exclude the possibility that the honeybee dance also communicates food location. Winifred supports this by pointing out that most creatures “have several ways of accomplishing critical tasks,” and we get a specific example to back up that claim: some bees can navigate using either the Sun or landmarks. Winifred’s conclusion is thus supported by both a broad claim about animals and a specific illustration of that claim.
Identify Argument Part
Winifred’s statement about how bees of some species navigate is a specific example used to support the claim that most animals can accomplish critical tasks in multiple ways.
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a
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There is no ambiguity to address in Henry’s use of the phrase “communicate the location”, nor does Winifred claim there is. This just isn’t something the argument does.
b
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This matches the use of the claim about navigation methods of some bees. The claim is used in the argument as an example of animals having “several ways to accomplish critical tasks.” The example provides support by showing that the general claim is backed up in reality.
c
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Winifred never contests the accuracy of Henry’s evidence, meaning no part of Winifred’s argument plays this role.
d
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There is no contradiction between Henry’s conclusion and premise, nor does Winifred claim that there is.
e
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Winifred never actually states what might be the purpose of the honeybees’ dance (and nor does Henry). The argument is just about whether it’s possible the dance is used to communicate food locations.