Self-study
Point At Issue: Disagree
We treat Point At Issue questions like double-MSS. In this disagree question, the correct answer needs to receive positive support (✅) from one speaker and negative support (❌) from the other. Mere silence on the issue (❓) doesn’t cut it.
In this particular stimulus, anticipating the issue is pretty doable – Derek and Lola disagree about whether we should harvest the trees now or wait to do so.
7.
Lola’s position most closely conforms ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████
a
Unless people’s well-being ██ ███████████ █████ ██████ ██ ██ ██████ ████████ ████ ██████████ ██████████ █████ ███ ██████ ████████████
b
Medical researchers should ████ ████ █████████████████ ██ ████ ██ ██ █████████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ███ ███████ ████
c
Environmental concerns should ████ █ ████ ██ █████████ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ████ ██ █████ █████ ███ ███ ██ ██████
d
Only medical breakthroughs ████ █████ ████ █████ █████ █████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ████████████
e
Avoiding actions that ████████ ██ ██████ █████████ █████ ██████████ ████ ███████████ █████████ █████████ ██ █ ██████████ █████ ██ ███████