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by reply2spg » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:38 am
There are those who complain that municipal libraries are outdated and unnecessary. These same people object to the tax dollars spent funding municipal libraries. However, these people are missing out on a simple pleasure: reading a great book. Taken this way, libraries are truly wonderful resources worthy of public funding.

The two boldface portions play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a generalization accepted by the author as true; the second is a consequence that follows from the truth of that generalization.
(B) The first is evidence that supports one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the second point of view.
(C) The first is a commonly held point of view; the second is support for that point of view.
(D) The first is one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the other point of view.
(E) The first concedes a consideration that weighs against the viewpoint of the author; the second is that viewpoint.

No OA

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by aloneontheedge » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:47 am
reply2spg wrote:There are those who complain that municipal libraries are outdated and unnecessary. These same people object to the tax dollars spent funding municipal libraries. However, these people are missing out on a simple pleasure: reading a great book. Taken this way, libraries are truly wonderful resources worthy of public funding.

The two boldface portions play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a generalization accepted by the author as true; the second is a consequence that follows from the truth of that generalization.
(B) The first is evidence that supports one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the second point of view.
(C) The first is a commonly held point of view; the second is support for that point of view.
(D) The first is one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the other point of view.
(E) The first concedes a consideration that weighs against the viewpoint of the author; the second is that viewpoint.

No OA

IMO D
IMO E:
Conclusion is "libraries are truly wonderful resources worthy of public funding"
and the first stmnt is against this
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by diebeatsthegmat » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:19 am
aloneontheedge wrote:
reply2spg wrote:There are those who complain that municipal libraries are outdated and unnecessary. These same people object to the tax dollars spent funding municipal libraries. However, these people are missing out on a simple pleasure: reading a great book. Taken this way, libraries are truly wonderful resources worthy of public funding.

The two boldface portions play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a generalization accepted by the author as true; the second is a consequence that follows from the truth of that generalization.
(B) The first is evidence that supports one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the second point of view.
(C) The first is a commonly held point of view; the second is support for that point of view.
(D) The first is one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the other point of view.
(E) The first concedes a consideration that weighs against the viewpoint of the author; the second is that viewpoint.

No OA

IMO D
IMO E:
Conclusion is "libraries are truly wonderful resources worthy of public funding"
and the first stmnt is against this
E too hmhmhm i do not like these arguments :(
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by thephoenix » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:51 am
IMO E
the last s/c of the argument is the authors point of view.
only one choice states this
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by adi_800 » Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:44 am
Can any one explain how to eliminate wrong options among B/D/E
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by Aswin » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:38 am
IMHO : E

reply2spg wrote:There are those who complain that municipal libraries are outdated and unnecessary. These same people object to the tax dollars spent funding municipal libraries. However, these people are missing out on a simple pleasure: reading a great book. Taken this way, libraries are truly wonderful resources worthy of public funding.

The two boldface portions play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a generalization accepted by the author as true; the second is a consequence that follows from the truth of that generalization.

The first boldface is neither a generalization nor accepted by Author - so wrong

(B) The first is evidence that supports one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the second point of view.

The first is not evidence but the held point of view by some people.

(C) The first is a commonly held point of view; the second is support for that point of view.

Held point of view is "municipal libraries are outdated and unnecessary" and also the second is not support for the point of view.Second point of view is a contrast to the first one due to "however".

(D) The first is one of two contradictory points of view; the second is the other point of view.

The first boldface is not the point of view.

(E) The first concedes a consideration that weighs against the viewpoint of the author; the second is that viewpoint.

Yes ! the first one concedes a consideration that is against author's view point.
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