pikachu wrote:
Ms. Campbell: Requiring students to pay for extracurricular activities will not make our program better. It would only produce an unequal distribution of students along socioeconomic lines, and that would defeat the purpose of the program, which is to make these activities available to all students.
Ms. Martin: But these programs are being cut all the time due to lack of funding.
The best assessment of the role of Ms. Martin's response in this argument is that it
a.offers additional evidence for the correctness of Ms. Campbell's conclusion.
b.states one of Ms. Campbell's unspoken assumptions.
c.contradicts Ms. Campbell's claim about the purpose of the program.
d.identifies a weakness in Ms. Campbell's rationale.
e.implies that Ms. Campbell's conclusion is correct, but not for the reasons given.
Ms. Martin: But these programs are being cut all the time due to lack of funding.
The best assessment of the role of Ms. Martin's response in this argument is that it
a.offers additional evidence for the correctness of Ms. Campbell's conclusion.
b.states one of Ms. Campbell's unspoken assumptions.
c.contradicts Ms. Campbell's claim about the purpose of the program.
d.identifies a weakness in Ms. Campbell's rationale.
e.implies that Ms. Campbell's conclusion is correct, but not for the reasons given.
The argument points out why the suggestion made by Campbell is difficult to realize in reality. D says it.
A - No correction involved. Instead it is about a point not considered in analyzing.
B - Conclusion by Campbell is that the program be made available for all. Assumption same as Martin will not support this.
C - No discussion on conclusion
E - Conclusion verification is not carried out by Martin.