QUESTION TEXT: Most popular historical films are not documentaries;…
QUESTION TYPE: Principle – Justify
CONCLUSION: Uninformed viewers should not regard dramatic historic films as accurate portrayals of historic events.
REASONING: Dramatic presentations cannot present evidence to prove their accuracy.
ANALYSIS: We are missing a link here. We know that dramatic presentations give no evidence. But we don’t have anything to connect this to being inaccurate. The correct answer will tell us that evidence is needed before a portrayal can be considered accurate.
___________
- This doesn’t justify the reasoning. This just says dramas should be made more distinct from the actual events.
- This would mean documentaries should give evidence. It doesn’t posit that dramas need to. It’s important to keep these two concepts (dramas and documentaries) distinct.
- This sounds nice, but causes another link issue. We don’t know that “better suited for educational purposes” means “can be regarded as more accurate”.
- This doesn’t justify the argument’s reasoning. It doesn’t link evidence to accuracy.
- CORRECT. This gives us the link. Dramatic presentations don’t give evidence, and evidence is needed before you can regard an account to be accurate.
Free Logical Reasoning lesson
Get a free sample of the Logical Reasoning Mastery Seminar. Learn tips for solving LR questions
Leave a Reply