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Premise or Conclusion?
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28 Jun 2013, 21:10
28 Jun 2013, 21:10
In Power Score CR Bible pg 22, I have a doubt between these two questions. It is on identifying Premise & Conclusion.
1. Television has an harmful effect on society.THis can be seen from.....and the fact that.....
In this line, This can be seen from .... and from the fact that ... is a Premise and "Television has an harmful effect is the "Conclusion"
2. The rapid diminishment of the ecosystem of the Amazon threthens the entire planet. Consequently..... For the simple reason that ......We must take immediate steps.......
In this line, the line following Consequently, is identified as Conclusion and line following "for the simple reason that, has been Identified as Premise. We must take Immediate steps .... is identified as Conclusion. THe first line, The rapid.... planet has been stated as "Premise"
My question is, If we analyse these 2 sentences, In the first sentence The television has a harmful effect is identified as Conclusion & 1st line of the verse .. "The rapid diminishment.... is identifed as Premise. How can the The rapid diminishment .... be identified as Premise? Shouldnt it be conclusion. As the line states similar points like that of the 1st Television example. Can anyone explain this?
1. Television has an harmful effect on society.THis can be seen from.....and the fact that.....
In this line, This can be seen from .... and from the fact that ... is a Premise and "Television has an harmful effect is the "Conclusion"
2. The rapid diminishment of the ecosystem of the Amazon threthens the entire planet. Consequently..... For the simple reason that ......We must take immediate steps.......
In this line, the line following Consequently, is identified as Conclusion and line following "for the simple reason that, has been Identified as Premise. We must take Immediate steps .... is identified as Conclusion. THe first line, The rapid.... planet has been stated as "Premise"
My question is, If we analyse these 2 sentences, In the first sentence The television has a harmful effect is identified as Conclusion & 1st line of the verse .. "The rapid diminishment.... is identifed as Premise. How can the The rapid diminishment .... be identified as Premise? Shouldnt it be conclusion. As the line states similar points like that of the 1st Television example. Can anyone explain this?
Re: Premise or Conclusion?
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28 Jun 2013, 22:45
28 Jun 2013, 22:45
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Hi daisyhill1. I understand your inquiries.
First of all, determining correct conclusion is always difficult in GMAT because :
(1) there are many pieces of information in one argument. You may be distracted by irrelevant information.
(2) It's possible that there are more than one conclusion in an argument, one is intermediate conclusion, and other is main conclusion.
So, determine correct conclusion is KEY in critical reasoning (excepts questions without conclusions, and asks you to find the conclusions).
Back to your question.
Because you're studying Power Score CR - Bible (the best book of CR), so you should follow its instruction. NEVER assume the first or last sentence are conclusions.
The first example:
Even though there is not conclusion indicator (thus, therefore, so, conclude that....), you can see the first sentence is the main conclusion. Because:
(1) Other information just supports the main point "TV has a harmful effect on society".
(2) You can use famous technique presented in the book - "Conclusion Identification Method". Just plug in "because" and "therefore" to the argument, if they make sense, you determine the conclusion correctly.
Let try: Because of poor school performance of children who watch ......, therefore TV has a harmful effect on society.
Do they make sense, yes they do!. So the conclusion is determined correctly.
The second example:
(1) You can see the conclusion indicator - Consequently, it is a strong indicator that tells you "This is a conclusion".
(2) If you still have a doubt, use "Conclusion identification Method". Plug in "because" and therefore" to the argument.
Let try: Because the rapid diminishment of the ecosystem of the Amazon threatens the entire planet, therefore, we must take immediate steps to convince .......
Yeah! The logic is correct, So the sentence after "consequently" is exactly the main conclusion.
TAKEAWAY:
(1) Use conclusion indicators such as: therefore, so, thus, consequently, can conclude that,.....
(2) Use "Conclusion Identification Method" - Plug in "because" and "therefore"
(3) NEVER assume the first or last sentence are conclusions.
Hope that helps.
First of all, determining correct conclusion is always difficult in GMAT because :
(1) there are many pieces of information in one argument. You may be distracted by irrelevant information.
(2) It's possible that there are more than one conclusion in an argument, one is intermediate conclusion, and other is main conclusion.
So, determine correct conclusion is KEY in critical reasoning (excepts questions without conclusions, and asks you to find the conclusions).
Back to your question.
Because you're studying Power Score CR - Bible (the best book of CR), so you should follow its instruction. NEVER assume the first or last sentence are conclusions.
The first example:
Even though there is not conclusion indicator (thus, therefore, so, conclude that....), you can see the first sentence is the main conclusion. Because:
(1) Other information just supports the main point "TV has a harmful effect on society".
(2) You can use famous technique presented in the book - "Conclusion Identification Method". Just plug in "because" and "therefore" to the argument, if they make sense, you determine the conclusion correctly.
Let try: Because of poor school performance of children who watch ......, therefore TV has a harmful effect on society.
Do they make sense, yes they do!. So the conclusion is determined correctly.
The second example:
(1) You can see the conclusion indicator - Consequently, it is a strong indicator that tells you "This is a conclusion".
(2) If you still have a doubt, use "Conclusion identification Method". Plug in "because" and therefore" to the argument.
Let try: Because the rapid diminishment of the ecosystem of the Amazon threatens the entire planet, therefore, we must take immediate steps to convince .......
Yeah! The logic is correct, So the sentence after "consequently" is exactly the main conclusion.
TAKEAWAY:
(1) Use conclusion indicators such as: therefore, so, thus, consequently, can conclude that,.....
(2) Use "Conclusion Identification Method" - Plug in "because" and "therefore"
(3) NEVER assume the first or last sentence are conclusions.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Premise or Conclusion?
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09 Jul 2013, 01:13
09 Jul 2013, 01:13
daisyhill1 wrote:
In Power Score CR Bible pg 22, I have a doubt between these two questions. It is on identifying Premise & Conclusion.
1. Television has an harmful effect on society.THis can be seen from.....and the fact that.....
In this line, This can be seen from .... and from the fact that ... is a Premise and "Television has an harmful effect is the "Conclusion"
2. The rapid diminishment of the ecosystem of the Amazon threthens the entire planet. Consequently..... For the simple reason that ......We must take immediate steps.......
In this line, the line following Consequently, is identified as Conclusion and line following "for the simple reason that, has been Identified as Premise. We must take Immediate steps .... is identified as Conclusion. THe first line, The rapid.... planet has been stated as "Premise"
My question is, If we analyse these 2 sentences, In the first sentence The television has a harmful effect is identified as Conclusion & 1st line of the verse .. "The rapid diminishment.... is identifed as Premise. How can the The rapid diminishment .... be identified as Premise? Shouldnt it be conclusion. As the line states similar points like that of the 1st Television example. Can anyone explain this?
1. Television has an harmful effect on society.THis can be seen from.....and the fact that.....
In this line, This can be seen from .... and from the fact that ... is a Premise and "Television has an harmful effect is the "Conclusion"
2. The rapid diminishment of the ecosystem of the Amazon threthens the entire planet. Consequently..... For the simple reason that ......We must take immediate steps.......
In this line, the line following Consequently, is identified as Conclusion and line following "for the simple reason that, has been Identified as Premise. We must take Immediate steps .... is identified as Conclusion. THe first line, The rapid.... planet has been stated as "Premise"
My question is, If we analyse these 2 sentences, In the first sentence The television has a harmful effect is identified as Conclusion & 1st line of the verse .. "The rapid diminishment.... is identifed as Premise. How can the The rapid diminishment .... be identified as Premise? Shouldnt it be conclusion. As the line states similar points like that of the 1st Television example. Can anyone explain this?
Conclusion may ideally come first in non technicalsubjects only (In general the wordier "important stuff" is introduced gently. In the second case the Amazon data is merely being used for the agenda introduced in the conclusion of the argument which has to be the conclusion. It needs practice and knowing the structure 2+1 make three..there is only on conclusion and it will never be in the middle
ofcourse that is just inferring from the usage but it should be right 24 times out of 25
