||el reasoning

reply2spg wrote:Although all contemporary advertising tries to persuade, only a small portion of contemporary advertising can be considered morally reprehensible. It nevertheless follows that some attempts at persuasion can be regarded as morally reprehensible.

Which one of the following, in its logical features, most closely parallels the reasoning used in passage?

(A) None of the chemicals used for cleaning the Sistine Chapel will affect the original dyes. Hence, the colors used by Michelangelo will be fully restored.
(B) Not all operational tracking studies are conducted to illustrate exact corporate returns on investment. Hence, some of these studies are not reliable.
(C) A good manager always makes important decisions on the basis of adequate data, although of course some managers fail to do this. It follows that some managers are not good managers.
(D) There is a direct correlation between the number of times you repeat something and the degree to which you retain it. Therefore, repetition is always a critical factor in remembering.
(E) Some short poems are thematically pluralistic, since some sonnets are characterized by such pluralism, and all sonnets are short poems.

OA Later

grockit_andrea wrote:

reply2spg wrote:Although all contemporary advertising tries to persuade, only a small portion of contemporary advertising can be considered morally reprehensible. It nevertheless follows that some attempts at persuasion can be regarded as morally reprehensible.

Which one of the following, in its logical features, most closely parallels the reasoning used in passage?

(A) None of the chemicals used for cleaning the Sistine Chapel will affect the original dyes. Hence, the colors used by Michelangelo will be fully restored.
(B) Not all operational tracking studies are conducted to illustrate exact corporate returns on investment. Hence, some of these studies are not reliable.
(C) A good manager always makes important decisions on the basis of adequate data, although of course some managers fail to do this. It follows that some managers are not good managers.
(D) There is a direct correlation between the number of times you repeat something and the degree to which you retain it. Therefore, repetition is always a critical factor in remembering.
(E) Some short poems are thematically pluralistic, since some sonnets are characterized by such pluralism, and all sonnets are short poems.

OA Later

The reasoning here can be characterized broadly as follows: All X (contemporary advertising) does Y (tries to persuade), but only some X is Z (morally reprehensible). Therefore, at least some Y are Z.
Choice E can be characterized like this: Some Y (short poems) are Z (thematically pluralistic), since some X (sonnets) are Z and all X are Y.
Rearranging the sentences in choice C, we see that it can become "all X are Y, some X are Z, therefore some Y are Z," which is parallel in reasoning to the original argument.

grockit_andrea wrote:

reply2spg wrote:Although all contemporary advertising tries to persuade, only a small portion of contemporary advertising can be considered morally reprehensible. It nevertheless follows that some attempts at persuasion can be regarded as morally reprehensible.

Which one of the following, in its logical features, most closely parallels the reasoning used in passage?

(A) None of the chemicals used for cleaning the Sistine Chapel will affect the original dyes. Hence, the colors used by Michelangelo will be fully restored.
(B) Not all operational tracking studies are conducted to illustrate exact corporate returns on investment. Hence, some of these studies are not reliable.
(C) A good manager always makes important decisions on the basis of adequate data, although of course some managers fail to do this. It follows that some managers are not good managers.
(D) There is a direct correlation between the number of times you repeat something and the degree to which you retain it. Therefore, repetition is always a critical factor in remembering.
(E) Some short poems are thematically pluralistic, since some sonnets are characterized by such pluralism, and all sonnets are short poems.

OA Later

The reasoning here can be characterized broadly as follows: All X (contemporary advertising) does Y (tries to persuade), but only some X is Z (morally reprehensible). Therefore, at least some Y are Z.
Choice E can be characterized like this: Some Y (short poems) are Z (thematically pluralistic), since some X (sonnets) are Z and all X are Y.
Rearranging the sentences in choice C, we see that it can become "all X are Y, some X are Z, therefore some Y are Z," which is parallel in reasoning to the original argument.

arora007 wrote:

grockit_andrea wrote:

reply2spg wrote:Although all contemporary advertising tries to persuade, only a small portion of contemporary advertising can be considered morally reprehensible. It nevertheless follows that some attempts at persuasion can be regarded as morally reprehensible.

Which one of the following, in its logical features, most closely parallels the reasoning used in passage?

(A) None of the chemicals used for cleaning the Sistine Chapel will affect the original dyes. Hence, the colors used by Michelangelo will be fully restored.
(B) Not all operational tracking studies are conducted to illustrate exact corporate returns on investment. Hence, some of these studies are not reliable.
(C) A good manager always makes important decisions on the basis of adequate data, although of course some managers fail to do this. It follows that some managers are not good managers.
(D) There is a direct correlation between the number of times you repeat something and the degree to which you retain it. Therefore, repetition is always a critical factor in remembering.
(E) Some short poems are thematically pluralistic, since some sonnets are characterized by such pluralism, and all sonnets are short poems.

OA Later

The reasoning here can be characterized broadly as follows: All X (contemporary advertising) does Y (tries to persuade), but only some X is Z (morally reprehensible). Therefore, at least some Y are Z.
Choice E can be characterized like this: Some Y (short poems) are Z (thematically pluralistic), since some X (sonnets) are Z and all X are Y.
Rearranging the sentences in choice C, we see that it can become "all X are Y, some X are Z, therefore some Y are Z," which is parallel in reasoning to the original argument.

Andrea... I know I could be wrong... but this is how i re-arranged E, while attempting this question...

All X (Sonnets) are Y( short poems)
some X(Sonnets) are Z(characterized by pluralism)
some Y(short poems) are Z( pluralistc)

its seems parallel to the orignal sentence...
moreover "morally reprehensible" seemed parallel to "pluralism" , both of them seem to be some property of advertising and sonnets respectively!!

hi andrea,
can you tell me if parellel question exist in gmat test? becos i am so weak at this problem