Q9 - Pundit: It is good to have national leaders

by **mshinners** Fri Dec 31, 1999 8:00 pm

Question Type:
ID the Conclusion

Stimulus Breakdown:
The Pundit starts with an opinion ("good"), followed by a reason. That reason is then explored.

Answer Anticipation:
Opinions are generally conclusions since they have to be backed up with arguments and facts. The follow-up to the first sentence being, "The reason is that…" is a good hint that our first sentence is the conclusion. Checking the rest of the argument, the reason given is fleshed out (making it an intermediate conclusion). Let's find the first sentence in the answers!

Correct answer:
(E)

Answer choice analysis:
(A) Unstated in the argument.

(B) Unstated in the argument.

(C) A loose paraphrase of the intermediate conclusion.

(D) Unstated in the argument.

(E) Bingo. It'd take a second for me to reconcile "should" with "good to have", but those two align. No one would say, "We should do this - it's a bad idea."

Takeaway/Pattern:
For ID the Conclusion questions, quickly eliminate answers that don't show up in the argument.

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