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by Vemuri » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:40 pm
Advertisement: Anyone who exercises knows from firsthand experience that exercise leads to better performance of such physical organs as the heart and the lungs, as well as to improvement in muscle tone. And since your brain is a physical organ, your actions can improve its performance, too. Act now. Subscribe to Stimulus: read the magazine that exercises your brain.

The advertisement employs which one of the following argumentative strategies?

(A) It cites experimental evidence that subscribing to the product being advertised has desirable consequences.
(B) It ridicules people who do not subscribe to Stimulus by suggesting that they do not believe that exercise will improve brain capacity.
(C) It explains the process by which the product being advertised brings about the result claimed for its use.
(D) It supports its recommendation by a careful analysis of the concept of exercise.
(E) It implies that brains and muscle are similar in one respect because they are similar in another respect.

I do not have the OA. Please give your answers with reasoning.
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by vinaynp » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:35 pm
Vemuri wrote:Advertisement: Anyone who exercises knows from firsthand experience that exercise leads to better performance of such physical organs as the heart and the lungs, as well as to improvement in muscle tone. And since your brain is a physical organ, your actions can improve its performance, too. Act now. Subscribe to Stimulus: read the magazine that exercises your brain.

The advertisement employs which one of the following argumentative strategies?

(A) It cites experimental evidence that subscribing to the product being advertised has desirable consequences.
(B) It ridicules people who do not subscribe to Stimulus by suggesting that they do not believe that exercise will improve brain capacity.
(C) It explains the process by which the product being advertised brings about the result claimed for its use.
(D) It supports its recommendation by a careful analysis of the concept of exercise.
(E) It implies that brains and muscle are similar in one respect because they are similar in another respect.

I do not have the OA. Please give your answers with reasoning.
A) No experimental evidence is given.
B) No ridicule of the people.
D) It explains the effect of exercise and not concept of exercise.

By POE, narrowed down to C) and E).

Eliminating E) as the word argumentative strategy is used in the question. E) is very specific to the example.

My choice C)
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by sudeep_ar » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:44 pm
I will go for E
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by scoobydooby » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:43 am
would go for D

A. no experimental evidence provided

B. no one ridiculed

C. no process explained, just says exercise improves performance of physical organs, doesnt explain how it does so.

D. by POE. 'exercise' is used to mean both physical exercise as well as mental stimulation. the concept/meaning of exercise has been given a wider scope

E. no comparison between brain and muscle made.
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by rs2010 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:52 pm
D is the best choice.
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by Claret » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:59 am
my choice would be E
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by ssmiles08 » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:05 am
I would go for (E) as well. IMO it is comparing one to another.

The only reason I counted D out is because It's not really analyzing anything. It is just stating facts that have already been analyzed before.


edited: (C) is also a viable option too...
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E

by viju9162 » Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:37 pm
I will go with E
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by mason77 » Sun May 15, 2016 3:00 pm
one more for E
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