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Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the country that favors a policy of developing domestic renewable energy. Yet clearly, the Liberal Party has done much more to advance this cause. Not only does it actively oppose tax cuts and incentives to oil companies, but it also generously donates to such projects as local wind farms and "clean coal" programs.In the politician`s argument, the boldface portion plays which of the following roles?


(A) It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain.

(B) It is an objection that has been raised against the main conclusion of the argument.

(C) It provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument.

(D) It is the main conclusion of the argument.

(E) It is a judgment that the argument opposes.
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Originally posted by raddy on 29 Apr 2017, 07:57.
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   29 Apr 2017, 08:52
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Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the country that favors a policy of developing domestic renewable energy. Yet clearly, the Liberal Party has done much more to advance this cause. Not only does it actively oppose tax cuts and incentives to oil companies, but it also generously donates to such projects as local wind farms and "clean coal" programs.In the politician`s argument, the boldface portion plays which of the following roles?

(A)It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain.
(B)It is an objection that has been raised against the main conclusion of the argument.
(C)It provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument.
(D)It is the main conclusion of the argument.
(E)It is a judgment that the argument opposes.


As per the argument, the politician is saying Green party says they are the one favoring the renewable energy development. But the politician says Liberal party has done a lot. Then the politician provides reasons to strengthen his point.

Therefore, we can politician made a conclusion based on those reasons.

Hence, bold face is the main conclusion. Hence, option D.
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   17 May 2018, 00:20
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Nightmare007 wrote:
Hi abhimahna , GMATNinja,
Can you please clarify where i went wrong.
I chose C for 1 main reason.
Politician: party A claims its only donating for cause. YET CLEARLY, party B has done something.
+ Provided some support for his statement that party B has done something.
I rephrased the conclusion: Party A is NOT the only party donating.
So i have speculated bold face as : support for the conclusion.

Can you please tell me where i went wrong.


Hey Nightmare007 ,

I think you have not understood the argument clearly.

Politician said "The Green Party is saying they are the only one doing something" but then he said no, it is not like that. We have another party also doing that thing. Infact, alot more than the green party. Then he presented some examples for that.

So, Politicians main point is We have another party who is doing more than Green Party. Hence, it is the conclusion of the author.

Remember, author has used the word "Clearly", which tells us that the author is concluding something.

Does that make sense?
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   29 Apr 2017, 08:02
I'm struggling to understand how the bold face portion is the main conclusion and not a counterargument to the the statement before. In other words, how is D a better answer than B?
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   15 Jul 2017, 19:35
between A and D, the answer should be D because here, the author gives out reasons to prove the conclusion.
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   15 May 2018, 22:50
Hi abhimahna , GMATNinja,
Can you please clarify where i went wrong.
I chose C for 1 main reason.
Politician: party A claims its only donating for cause. YET CLEARLY, party B has done something.
+ Provided some support for his statement that party B has done something.
I rephrased the conclusion: Party A is NOT the only party donating.
So i have speculated bold face as : support for the conclusion.

Can you please tell me where i went wrong.
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   17 May 2018, 05:07
abhimahna wrote:
Nightmare007 wrote:
Hi abhimahna , GMATNinja,
Can you please clarify where i went wrong.
I chose C for 1 main reason.
Politician: party A claims its only donating for cause. YET CLEARLY, party B has done something.
+ Provided some support for his statement that party B has done something.
I rephrased the conclusion: Party A is NOT the only party donating.
So i have speculated bold face as : support for the conclusion.

Can you please tell me where i went wrong.


Hey Nightmare007 ,

I think you have not understood the argument clearly.

Politician said "The Green Party is saying they are the only one doing something" but then he said no, it is not like that. We have another party also doing that thing. Infact, alot more than the green party. Then he presented some examples for that.

So, Politicians main point is We have another party who is doing more than Green Party. Hence, it is the conclusion of the author.

Remember, author has used the word "Clearly", which tells us that the author is concluding something.

Does that make sense?


Yes, It does.

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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   21 May 2018, 23:21
The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the country that favors a policy of developing domestic renewable energy(Background Informatin)
Yet clearly, the Liberal Party has done much more to advance this cause.(Conclusion)
Not only does it actively oppose tax cuts and incentives to oil companies, but it also generously donates to such projects as local wind farms and "clean coal" programs.(Premise)
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Re: Politician: The Green Party proclaims itself the only party in the cou [#permalink] New post   17 Jun 2018, 09:57
Yet clearly, the Liberal Party has done much more to advance this cause.(Conclusion)

Statement after that gives reason for conclusion.

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