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#23336
Complete Question Explanation
Parallel Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (D)
The argumentation chosen by the author in this case is use of analogy: Some claim witnessing violence makes one more aggressive. Through the use of a rhetorical question, the author implicitly compares this to the absurd notion of filling one's own stomach by watching someone else eat. Since this is such a readily recognizable type of reasoning, we should probably look for the use of analogy in the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice does use a rhetorical question, but does so in order to prove the point raised, rather than to refute it, so this answer choice fails to parallel the reasoning found in the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice raises a rhetorical question, but fails to draw any analogy, to this choice cannot be correct.
Answer choice (C): Like incorrect answer choice (B) above, this one fails to draw any analogy, so this choice, too, is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, because the author here presents a simple analogy to refute an assertion: Some think economists control inflation. Through the use of a rhetorical question, much like the one found in the stimulus, the author compares this to the absurd notion of meteorologists' controlling the weather.
Answer choice (E): Like all of the other incorrect answer choices above, this one has a rhetorical question presented but fails to draw any analogy.
Parallel Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (D)
The argumentation chosen by the author in this case is use of analogy: Some claim witnessing violence makes one more aggressive. Through the use of a rhetorical question, the author implicitly compares this to the absurd notion of filling one's own stomach by watching someone else eat. Since this is such a readily recognizable type of reasoning, we should probably look for the use of analogy in the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice does use a rhetorical question, but does so in order to prove the point raised, rather than to refute it, so this answer choice fails to parallel the reasoning found in the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice raises a rhetorical question, but fails to draw any analogy, to this choice cannot be correct.
Answer choice (C): Like incorrect answer choice (B) above, this one fails to draw any analogy, so this choice, too, is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, because the author here presents a simple analogy to refute an assertion: Some think economists control inflation. Through the use of a rhetorical question, much like the one found in the stimulus, the author compares this to the absurd notion of meteorologists' controlling the weather.
Answer choice (E): Like all of the other incorrect answer choices above, this one has a rhetorical question presented but fails to draw any analogy.