PT131.S3.Q5

PrepTest 131 - Section 3 - Question 5

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Challenger: The mayor claims she has vindicated those who supported her in the last election by fulfilling her promise to increase employment opportunities in our city, citing the 8 percent increase in the number of jobs in the city since she took office. ███ ██████ ███ ███████████████ ███ ████████ ██████████ █████████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ████████ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ █ ███████ ████████ ██████ ██████████ ███ ████ ████ ██ █████ ██████████

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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The mayor counters the challenger’s position and implicitly concludes that she has vindicated her voters by fulfilling her promise to increase job availability. She notes that unemployed voters want jobs and that the 8% increase in the number of jobs during her term is higher than any of her predecessors.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The mayor ignores the challenger’s primary argument, which is that the 8% job increase came from a government office moving to the city with its entire staff. Because she fails to address this, the mayor doesn’t effectively counter the challenger’s argument.

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5.

As a response to the ███████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ████ ██

a

takes for granted ████ █████ ███ █████████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ████████ ███ ████████████ ██ ██ █ ███████████ ████ █████

b

does not consider ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ██████ ███ ████ ██████████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████

c

fails to address ███ ████████████ █████████ ████ ███ █ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ███ █████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████████

d

ignores the challenger's ██████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████████████ ███ █████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ██████████

e

explicitly attributes to ███ ██████████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ███████

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