The case of the American Revolution is generally regarded as the best

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The case of the American Revolution is generally regarded as the best evidence for the claim that societies can attain more benefit than harm from a revolution. But even the american revolution serves this role poorly, since America at the time of the Revolution had a unique advantage. Despite the Revolution, the same civil servants and functionaries remained in office, carrying on the day-to-day work of the government, and thus many of the disruptions that revolutions bring were avoided.

Which one of the following most accurately characterizes the argumentative strategy used in the passage?

(A) demonstrating that the claim argued against is internally inconsistent
(B) supporting a particular position on the basis of general principles
(C) opposing a claim by undermining evidence offered in support of that claim
(D) justifying a view through the use of a series of persuasive examples
(E) comparing two positions in order to illustrate their relative strengths and weaknesses

paidlukkha · Answer

generally regarded as the best evidence - claim
many of the disruptions that revolutions bring were avoided - evidence offered

C

HKD1710 · Answer

Nice question. Whats the source?

I was totally confused between A and C. i did not choose C because i thought an evidence is given to oppose the claim NOT the evidence is undermined. But seems like this is not the case. Any more thoughts guys.

arunabeshc · Answer

the evidence offered is not in support of the claim so clearly not c..
I will go for A

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ran787 · Answer

First of all, its a Good Question. It tricks you easily.

From the first look, its very tempting to choose A as the Answer. But if we just deconstuct the Question Stem logically, its very easy to spot the right answer.

Claim :- Socities can attain more benfit than harm from a revolution.

Evidence :- The case of the American Revolution.

Now, from the word "But" onwards ( But even the American Revolution.....) it talks about the Evidence for not being consistent.

Now, among the answer options, only C talks about evidence & that's THE Correct Answer

HMC · Answer

Please post the question with a white space between "Claim and argued" ... For sometime I was thinking "claimargued" as a single word and thinking what it would mean.

Mahmud6 · Answer

Nice Question!

The case of the American Revolution is generally is generally regarded as the best evidence for the claim that societies can attain more benefit than harm from a revolution. But even the american revolution serves this role poorly, since America at the time of the Revolution had a unique advantage. Despite the Revolution, the same civil servants and functionaries remained in office, carrying on the day-to-day work of the government, and thus many of the disruptions that revolutions bring were avoided.

(C) opposing  (how? american revolution serves this role poorly)  a claim  (what is the claim? societies can attain more benefit than harm from a revolution)  by undermining  (how? the Revolution had a unique advantage)  evidence  (what is the evidence? The case of the American Revolution)  offered in support of that claim

Am I correct?

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