PT128.S2.Q9

PrepTest 128 - Section 2 - Question 9

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Summarize Argument

The author concludes that voting by mail shouldn’t be allowed and the proposed amendment should be rejected. As support, the author says that voting has always been done in person.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author is just making an appeal to tradition––he doesn’t provide any support for his conclusion besides “we’ve always done it this way.”

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9.

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a

presumes, without providing ██████████████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████ █████████ ███ █████████ ██████ ██ ████

b

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c

presents an appeal ██ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ███ █████████ ███ ████████

d

fails to consider ███ ███████████ █████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ███ █████ ██ ██ ███ ███ ████ ███████ █████ █████ ███████ ██████ ██ ████

e

has a premise ████ ██ █████████ ████████████ ████ ███ ████ ██████████

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