QUESTION TEXT: Annie: Our university libraries have been sadly…
QUESTION TYPE: Point At Issue
ARGUMENTS: Annie says that administrators caused the library’s woes, and a tax on students should be used to pay to fix the problem.
Matilda doesn’t think the students should pay.
ANALYSIS: With point at issue questions, you must find something that both speakers talk about, and disagree on.
Annie and Matilda agree there is a problem, and that the administration is to blame. They disagree on whether students should pay.
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- Both agree that administrators are to blame.
- Neither Annie nor Matilda talks about how fast the problem could be solved. Matilda doesn’t even mention a solution.
- Matilda doesn’t mention benefits. She just says students shouldn’t pay anything.
- CORRECT. Yes. The students aren’t responsible. Annie says they should nonetheless pay a fee to fix things, while Matilda disagrees.
- Annie doesn’t say whether there are alternatives to student fees.
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