PT109.S4.Q18

PrepTest 109 - Section 4 - Question 18

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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.

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18.

The coach's argument is most ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ██

a

misleadingly equates enthusiasm ████ █████████ ████

b

misinterprets the critics' █████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ██████████████

c

too quickly generalizes ████ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █ █████████ █████

d

shifts the blame ███ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███████

e

takes everyone on ███ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ██ █ ███

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