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Jason: The solar cooker provides free energy for cooking, baking, and
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Jason: The solar cooker provides free energy for cooking, baking, and cleaning water. People who use it avoid indoor smoke inhalation, fire hazards, and injuries from gathering firewood. They also have environmental benefits such as reducing deforestation, lowering energy costs, and reducing CO2 emissions. The solar cooker is a simple solution to a host of problems in the developing world.
Zola: While I agree with your arguments, I disagree with your conclusion. Solar cookers have all of those benefits. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for them to bring water to a boil—usually between two and three hours—and they require ample sunlight, which is not always available in the rainy season. In practice, they are not a perfect solution by far.
Zola responds to Jason’s argument using which one of the following argumentative techniques?
(A) She argues that Jason’s conclusion is just a restatement of his fallacious arguments.
(B) She argues that Jason’s conception of the ills of developing nations is too limited in scope and thus his conclusion is insufficient.
(C) She questions the integrity of Jason’s research and whether his conclusion is based on a faulty foundation.
(D) She gives an alternate interpretation of the assumptions that results in a different conclusion altogether.
(E) She introduces caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions.
Zola: While I agree with your arguments, I disagree with your conclusion. Solar cookers have all of those benefits. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for them to bring water to a boil—usually between two and three hours—and they require ample sunlight, which is not always available in the rainy season. In practice, they are not a perfect solution by far.
Zola responds to Jason’s argument using which one of the following argumentative techniques?
(A) She argues that Jason’s conclusion is just a restatement of his fallacious arguments.
(B) She argues that Jason’s conception of the ills of developing nations is too limited in scope and thus his conclusion is insufficient.
(C) She questions the integrity of Jason’s research and whether his conclusion is based on a faulty foundation.
(D) She gives an alternate interpretation of the assumptions that results in a different conclusion altogether.
(E) She introduces caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions.
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Jason: The solar cooker provides free energy for cooking, baking, and cleaning water. People who use it avoid indoor smoke inhalation, fire hazards, and injuries from gathering firewood. They also have environmental benefits such as reducing deforestation, lowering energy costs, and reducing CO2 emissions. The solar cooker is a simple solution to a host of problems in the developing world.
Zola: While I agree with your arguments, I disagree with your conclusion. Solar cookers have all of those benefits. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for them to bring water to a boil—usually between two and three hours—and they require ample sunlight, which is not always available in the rainy season. In practice, they are not a perfect solution by far.
Zola responds to Jason’s argument using which one of the following argumentative techniques?
(A) She argues that Jason’s conclusion is just a restatement of his fallacious arguments.
(B) She argues that Jason’s conception of the ills of developing nations is too limited in scope and thus his conclusion is insufficient.
(C) She questions the integrity of Jason’s research and whether his conclusion is based on a faulty foundation.
(D) She gives an alternate interpretation of the assumptions that results in a different conclusion altogether.
(E) She introduces caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions.
Zola: While I agree with your arguments, I disagree with your conclusion. Solar cookers have all of those benefits. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for them to bring water to a boil—usually between two and three hours—and they require ample sunlight, which is not always available in the rainy season. In practice, they are not a perfect solution by far.
Zola responds to Jason’s argument using which one of the following argumentative techniques?
(A) She argues that Jason’s conclusion is just a restatement of his fallacious arguments.
(B) She argues that Jason’s conception of the ills of developing nations is too limited in scope and thus his conclusion is insufficient.
(C) She questions the integrity of Jason’s research and whether his conclusion is based on a faulty foundation.
(D) She gives an alternate interpretation of the assumptions that results in a different conclusion altogether.
(E) She introduces caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions.
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Answer: E
STEP 1: Read the question and identify your task.
This is a Describe question. The question asks that you describe what argumentative method Zola uses to respond to Jason.
STEP 2: Read the argument with your task in mind.
Reading their arguments, you discover that Zola argues that the long cooking time and the ample sunlight necessary to operate the solar cooker are problems, meaning that the solar cooker is not such a perfect answer to “a host of problems in developing nations.” She sees the arguments on which the conclusion is based as sound and logical, but she feels the conclusion doesn’t take other factors into account.
STEP 3: Know what you’re looking for.
You will look for something similar in your answer options.
STEP 4: Read every word of every answer choice.
Zola actually agrees with Jason’s arguments and does not believe them to be “fallacious,” so answer A cannot be correct. While Zola disagrees with Jason’s conclusion, her problem is specific to the cooker, not his insufficient definition of the problems in developing nations, so answer B cannot be correct. Answer C has the same problem as answer A. She does not disagree with his arguments or their basis. With answer D, Zola is not reinterpreting anything, so this answer cannot be correct. Zola gives caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions, and this is what you find in answer E. Thus, the correct choice is answer E.
General Discussion
Re: Jason: The solar cooker provides free energy for cooking, baking, and
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(A) She argues that Jason’s conclusion is just a restatement of his fallacious arguments.................Zola agreed to some of the points made by Jason, so we can't term them fallacious.
(B) She argues that Jason’s conception of the ills of developing nations is too limited in scope and thus his conclusion is insufficient...............Here the discussion is about limitation of the Solar Cooker not the ills of developing nations
(C) She questions the integrity of Jason’s research and whether his conclusion is based on a faulty foundation...........................Zola didn't question the integrity
(D) She gives an alternate interpretation of the assumptions that results in a different conclusion altogether..................No alternate interpretation was given.
(E) She introduces caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions....................Looks fine
IMO OA should be E
(B) She argues that Jason’s conception of the ills of developing nations is too limited in scope and thus his conclusion is insufficient...............Here the discussion is about limitation of the Solar Cooker not the ills of developing nations
(C) She questions the integrity of Jason’s research and whether his conclusion is based on a faulty foundation...........................Zola didn't question the integrity
(D) She gives an alternate interpretation of the assumptions that results in a different conclusion altogether..................No alternate interpretation was given.
(E) She introduces caveats that weaken several of Jason’s assumptions....................Looks fine
IMO OA should be E
