PT112.S1.Q10

PrepTest 112 - Section 1 - Question 10

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Conclusion Cotrell is, at best, able to write magazine articles of average quality. ███ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ █████████ █████ ████████ ███ ██ █████████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███████████ ████████ █████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that Cotrell can only write average quality magazine articles. She supports this by saying that any superior articles by Cotrell must be plagiarized, because Cotrell can only write average quality articles.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is the cookie-cutter flaw of circular reasoning, where the author’s conclusion is simply a restatement of a premise. In this case, the author concludes that Cotrell can only write average quality articles based on the premise that his superior articles must be plagiarized because he can only write average quality articles.

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10.

The argument is most vulnerable ██ █████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████████

a

It simply ignores ███ █████████ ██ █████████ ████████████████

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c

It presupposes what ██ █████ ██ ██████████

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It relies on ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ █ ██████ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ██ ███████████

e

It infers limits ██ ███████ ████ █ ███ ████████ ██████ ██ ████████████

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