Question #956

Why is E the correct answer choice?

Started by Sabrina23 · started 2022-02-22 21:53 · last activity 2022-03-05 23:00 · 1 reply

I can understand how choices A-D are incorrect but I don't want to lean on the process of elimination when I don't understand why E is correct. If the main conclusion is that one resource (topsoil) has been ignored, then reasonably I'm trying to find a choice that restates that, but the correct choice (E) feels like an assumption that I would make based on the stimulus rather than a restatement of the conclusion. I can reasonably assume that the author would advocate for the federal government spending more based on the stimulus ( and this was a question that asked me what statment the author would agree with then I would choose E), but I don't understand how choice E is a restatement of the conclusion.

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  1. Emil-Kunkin · 2022-03-05 23:00

    Hi @Sabrina23, This is a tough question- I feel pretty much the same way about it. Unlike most main point questions where the right answer is just a restatement of the conclusion as elaborated in the argument, this one asks us to go a bit further. I think the rationale might lie in the second sentence- that one resource has been ignored for too long. When we take this sentence in the light of the last two- it sounds much more like a call to action for the federal government to spend more on soil conservation. Again, it is more than a simple restatement, and the best way to get to E would likely be eliminating A-D.

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