Self-study
Coach: Our team has often been criticized for our enthusiasm in response to both our successes and our opponents' failures. ███ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ███████████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████████████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ████ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████ ███ ████ █████ ███ ███ ███ ███████ █████ ███ █████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that the critics who accuse our team of being unprofessional due to the team’s enthusiasm on the field are wrong. This is based on the fact that the professionals in the sport act in a more enthuasiastic way.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The author misinterprets the critics claim that the team is “unprofessional.” “Unprofessional” can mean rude, uncourteous. But the author mistakenly thinks that the critics were claiming the team was not behaving like professional players behave.
18.
The coach's argument is most ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ██
a
misleadingly equates enthusiasm ████ █████████ ████
The author does not equate enthusiasm with unethical play. Rather, he is responding to the critics’ belief that the enthusiastic repsonses of the team are “unprofessional.” The author believes the responses are not “unprofessional,” in the sense that professionals act similarly.
b
misinterprets the critics' █████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ██████████████
The author misinterprets the critics’ claim as accusing the team of not acting like professional players. But the critics actually just mean that the team is rude or uncourteous.
c
too quickly generalizes ████ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █ █████████ █████
The author doesn’t try to conclude that something is true of nonprofessionals because it’s true of professionals. The author is trying to show that particular behavior is performed by professionals to rebut the claim that the team is “unprofessional.”
d
shifts the blame ███ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███████
The author does not try to cast blame on anyone. Rather, the author tries to rebut the claim that the team is “unprofessional.”
e
takes everyone on ███ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ██ █ ███
The author does not assume that everyone on the team acted in a certain way because a few acted in that way. The premises don’t say anything about whether only a few individuals have acted enthusiastically.