perfectstranger wrote:
Hunter: Many people blame hunters alone for the decline in Greenrock National Forest's deer population over the past ten years. Yet clearly, black bears have also played an important role in this decline. In the past ten years, the forest's protected black bear population has risen sharply, and examination of black bears found dead in the forest during the deer hunting season showed that a number of them had recently fed on deer.
In the hunter's argument, the portion in boldface plays which of the following roles?
(A) It is the main conclusion of the argument.
(B) It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain.
(C) It is an explanation that the argument concludes is correct.
(D) It provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument.
(E) It introduces a judgment that the argument opposes
Greenrock Deer HuntersStep 1: Identify the QuestionThe phrase plays which of the following roles and the presence of boldface text in the argument show that this is a
Describe the Role problem.
Step 2: Deconstruct the Argumentdeer pop. ↓, due to hunting?
bear pop. ↑ + ev. of bears eating deer → © bears are also to blame
This argument, like many Describe the Role arguments, presents two perspectives. The first perspective is that of many people, who blame hunters for the decline in Greenrock’s deer population. The other perspective is that of a hunter, who disagrees. His conclusion, for which he provides two pieces of evidence, is that bears are at least partially to blame for the declining deer population.
Step 3: Pause and State the GoalOn Describe the Role questions, the goal is to identify the boldface pieces of the argument as premises or conclusions and determine whose perspective they represent. In this argument, the boldface portion represents the (unsupported) claim made by many people—and with which the hunter disagrees.
Step 4: Work from Wrong to Right(A) Since the argument is presented from the perspective of the hunter, the main conclusion is that hunters are not solely responsible for the bears’ decline.
(B) The argument seeks to explain why the deer population is declining. It doesn’t seek to explain why people blame hunters for the decline, which is what the boldface portion states.
(C) The argument is from the perspective of the hunter, who disagrees with the boldface portion.
(D) This answer choice is incorrect for two reasons. First, the boldface portion is a conclusion, not evidence. Second, the main conclusion of the argument disagrees with the boldface portion.
(E) CORRECT. The bolded portion is, in fact, a conclusion (‘judgment’) with which the argument disagrees.
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