Detective Mystery

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Detective Mystery

by acecoolan » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:13 am
Authors writing detective stories frequently include a brilliant detective and an incompetent investigator who embark on separate paths in an attempt to solve a crime. The separate accounts frequently consist of the incompetent investigator becoming distracted by the criminals' well-planned attempts and the competent detective solving the case after a violent confrontation. Some literary analysts believe authors often choose this storyline in an attempt to provide readers additional complexity and challenge in solving the investigation.

Which of the following most logically follows from the statements above?

A)A well-written detective story consists of an investigation being undertaken by a competent and incompetent investigator.
B)Some authors use an incompetent investigator to show the complexities of an investigation.
C)Authors rarely write stories with incompetent investigators that solve a case correctly.
D)Authors can use the separate investigative accounts to make predicting the correct outcome of the investigation more difficult.
E)Authors write stories with competent and incompetent investigators to show the complexity of real life.

OA D
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by nervesofsteel » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:34 am
A)A well-written detective story consists of an investigation being undertaken by a competent and incompetent investigator. <- wrong

B)Some authors use an incompetent investigator to show the complexities of an investigation. <- Wrong as it provide readers additional complexity to find solution...

C)Authors rarely write stories with incompetent investigators that solve a case correctly.<- Not supported

D)Authors can use the separate investigative accounts to make predicting the correct outcome of the investigation more difficult.< - Correct

E)Authors write stories with competent and incompetent investigators to show the complexity of real life. <- Wrong

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by ronniecoleman » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:48 am
Authors writing detective stories frequently include a brilliant detective and an incompetent investigator who embark on separate paths in an attempt to solve a crime. The separate accounts frequently consist of the incompetent investigator becoming distracted by the criminals' well-planned attempts and the competent detective solving the case after a violent confrontation. Some literary analysts believe authors often choose this storyline in an attempt to provide readers additional complexity and challenge in solving the investigation.

Which of the following most logically follows from the statements above?

A)A well-written detective story consists of an investigation being undertaken by a competent and incompetent investigator.

No where it is mentioned about well written.. OUT

B)Some authors use an incompetent investigator to show the complexities of an investigation.

Although some author use incompetent but do that show complexities..Na --out

C)Authors rarely write stories with incompetent investigators that solve a case correctly.
OUT

D)Authors can use the separate investigative accounts to make predicting the correct outcome of the investigation more difficult.

Correct
E)Authors write stories with competent and incompetent investigators to show the complexity of real life.

complexities of real life....out of scope
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May Be it is B

by pjasani12 » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:28 pm
Cause authors do choose investigators to show complexity related to the case.

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by nicolette » Fri May 13, 2016 2:30 am
Don't have much explanation for it, D seems good