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Journalist: Can you give me a summary of the novel you are working on?
Novelist: Well, I assume that by “summary” you mean something brief and not a version of the novel itself. The reason I write novels is that what I want to communicate can be communicated only in the form of a novel. So I am afraid I cannot summarize my novel for you in a way that would tell you what I am trying to communicate with this novel.
Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning that is most parallel to that used by the novelist?
(A) Only if a drawing can be used as a guide by the builder can it be considered a blueprint. This drawing of the proposed building can be used as a guide by the builder, so it can be considered a blueprint.
(B) Only a statement that does not divulge company secrets can be used as a press release. This statement does not divulge company secrets, but it is uninformative and therefore cannot be used as a press release.
(C) Watching a travelog is not the same as traveling. But a travelog confers some of the benefits of travel without the hardships of travel. So many people just watch travelogs and do not undergo the hardships of travel.
(D) Only a three-dimensional representation of a landscape can convey the experience of being in that landscape. A photograph taken with a traditional camera is not three-dimensional. Therefore a photograph taken with a traditional camera can never convey the experience of being in a landscape.
(E) A banquet menu foretells the content of a meal, but some people collect menus in order to remind themselves of great meals they have eaten. Thus a banquet menu has a function not only before, but also after, a meal has been served.
Novelist: Well, I assume that by “summary” you mean something brief and not a version of the novel itself. The reason I write novels is that what I want to communicate can be communicated only in the form of a novel. So I am afraid I cannot summarize my novel for you in a way that would tell you what I am trying to communicate with this novel.
Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning that is most parallel to that used by the novelist?
(A) Only if a drawing can be used as a guide by the builder can it be considered a blueprint. This drawing of the proposed building can be used as a guide by the builder, so it can be considered a blueprint.
(B) Only a statement that does not divulge company secrets can be used as a press release. This statement does not divulge company secrets, but it is uninformative and therefore cannot be used as a press release.
(C) Watching a travelog is not the same as traveling. But a travelog confers some of the benefits of travel without the hardships of travel. So many people just watch travelogs and do not undergo the hardships of travel.
(D) Only a three-dimensional representation of a landscape can convey the experience of being in that landscape. A photograph taken with a traditional camera is not three-dimensional. Therefore a photograph taken with a traditional camera can never convey the experience of being in a landscape.
(E) A banquet menu foretells the content of a meal, but some people collect menus in order to remind themselves of great meals they have eaten. Thus a banquet menu has a function not only before, but also after, a meal has been served.
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Journalist: Can you give me a summary of the novel you are working on?
Novelist: Well, I assume that by “summary” you mean something brief and not a version of the novel itself. The reason I write novels is that what I want to communicate can be communicated only in the form of a novel. So I am afraid I cannot summarize my novel for you in a way that would tell you what I am trying to communicate with this novel.
Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning that is most parallel to that used by the novelist?
(A) Only if a drawing can be used as a guide by the builder can it be considered a blueprint. This drawing of the proposed building can be used as a guide by the builder, so it can be considered a blueprint.
(B) Only a statement that does not divulge company secrets can be used as a press release. This statement does not divulge company secrets, but it is uninformative and therefore cannot be used as a press release.
(C) Watching a travelog is not the same as traveling. But a travelog confers some of the benefits of travel without the hardships of travel. So many people just watch travelogs and do not undergo the hardships of travel.
(D) Only a three-dimensional representation of a landscape can convey the experience of being in that landscape. A photograph taken with a traditional camera is not three-dimensional. Therefore a photograph taken with a traditional camera can never convey the experience of being in a landscape.
(E) A banquet menu foretells the content of a meal, but some people collect menus in order to remind themselves of great meals they have eaten. Thus a banquet menu has a function not only before, but also after, a meal has been served.
Novelist: Well, I assume that by “summary” you mean something brief and not a version of the novel itself. The reason I write novels is that what I want to communicate can be communicated only in the form of a novel. So I am afraid I cannot summarize my novel for you in a way that would tell you what I am trying to communicate with this novel.
Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning that is most parallel to that used by the novelist?
(A) Only if a drawing can be used as a guide by the builder can it be considered a blueprint. This drawing of the proposed building can be used as a guide by the builder, so it can be considered a blueprint.
(B) Only a statement that does not divulge company secrets can be used as a press release. This statement does not divulge company secrets, but it is uninformative and therefore cannot be used as a press release.
(C) Watching a travelog is not the same as traveling. But a travelog confers some of the benefits of travel without the hardships of travel. So many people just watch travelogs and do not undergo the hardships of travel.
(D) Only a three-dimensional representation of a landscape can convey the experience of being in that landscape. A photograph taken with a traditional camera is not three-dimensional. Therefore a photograph taken with a traditional camera can never convey the experience of being in a landscape.
(E) A banquet menu foretells the content of a meal, but some people collect menus in order to remind themselves of great meals they have eaten. Thus a banquet menu has a function not only before, but also after, a meal has been served.
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(A) No. The Novelist’s argument can be paraphrased as follows:
If a work is to express the content of a novel, then it must be a novel
A summary is not a novel
∴ A summary cannot express the content of a novel
This answer-choice can be paraphrased as follows:
If this drawing is a blueprint, then it is a guide
This drawing is a guide
∴ This drawing is a blueprint
Clearly, this paraphrase does not have the same structure as the paraphrase of the Novelist’s argument.
(B) No. The Novelist’s argument can be paraphrased as follows:
If a work is to express the content of a novel, then it must be a novel
A summary is not a novel
∴ A summary cannot express the content of a novel
This answer-choice can be paraphrased as follows:
If this is used as a press release, then it does not divulge company secrets
This does not divulge company secrets (but is uninformative)
∴ This cannot be used as a press release
This argument does not have the same structure as the original argument. In the original argument, the second statement negates the “then” portion of the first statement, while in this choice, the second statement affirms the “then” portion of the first statement.
(C) No. The Novelist’s argument can be paraphrased as follows:
If a work is to express the content of a novel, then it must be a novel
A summary is not a novel
∴ A summary cannot express the content of a novel
This answer-choice can be paraphrased as follows:
If you are watching a travelogue, then you are not traveling
A travelogue has some of the benefits of traveling without the hardships
∴ Many people watch travelogues and do not suffer the difficulties of travel
Clearly, the structure of this paraphrase is very different from the Novelist’s argument.
(D) Yes. The Novelist’s argument can be paraphrased as follows:
If a work is to express the content of a novel, then it must be a novel
A summary is not a novel
∴ A summary cannot express the content of a novel
This answer-choice can be paraphrased as follows:
If a representation conveys the experience of a landscape, it must be 3D
A photograph is not 3D
∴ A photograph cannot convey the experience of a landscape
Clearly, the two arguments have the same structure.
(E) No. The Novelist’s argument can be paraphrased as follows:
If a work is to express the content of a novel, then it must be a novel
A summary is not a novel
∴ A summary cannot express the content of a novel
In the way that the original argument contrasts a summary and a novel, this answer-choice contrasts two functions of a menu: as a list of contents of a meal, and as a reminder of a meal. However, there is no similar pattern of reasoning used in both the argument and this answer-choice.
General Discussion
04 Feb 2020, 04:07
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Answer D: There is only one way (a 3-D representation) to convey something (the way it feels to be in a certain landscape), and so another way (a photograph) won't work. None of the other answer choices have that kind of "just one-way" abstraction to them.
