PT117.S3.Q6

PrepTest 117 - Section 3 - Question 6

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Summarize Argument

The author concludes that some of Hana’s brothers must have been at her birthday party. The author reaches this conclusion based on the fact Hana received a gift that the brothers had planned to give her.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The problem with this argument is that it ignores the possibility that someone other than her brothers could have gifted her the recording. It establishes that her brothers had planned to get her this gift, but there’s no reason to believe that other people could not have also planned on giving her the same thing. In other words, there are other potential explanations for how Hana could have received the gift besides her brothers being in attendance at the party.

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6.

A reasoning error in the ████████ ██ ████ ███ ████████

a

disregards the possibility ████ █ ██████ ██ ████ █████ ██ █████████ ██ █ ██████ ██ █████████████

b

treats the fact ██ █████████ ████████ ██ █ █████ █████ ██ █ █████████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ █ ██████████ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ████ █████

c

uses a term ████ ██ █████████████ ██████████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████████

d

fails to establish ████ █████████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ████ █████ ██████

e

overlooks the possibility ████ █ ████████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██ ██████████ ████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██ █ █████████ ████ ██ █████

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