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INTRO 1. This article concludes that _____. The editorial recommends that _____. 2. To support his claim the author points out that ______. The letter also cites a survey in which ________. To justify this conclusion, the author cites _____. 3. However, careful scrutiny/consideration of the argument/evidence/thesefacts reveals + various statistical and other logical problems, which render it unc..

107. The following appeared in an editorial in the Seatown newspaper. "Seatown has a large port exclusively for fishing boats, whose owners pay fees for the upkeep of the docks and for facilities for cleaning engines and repairing nets. In recent years, declining fish populations have decreased fishing revenue and forced many owners to stop fishing altogether. As a result, the port has a high va..

106. The following editorial appeared in a newspaper in the country of Solaria. "The Eliot Valley region was primarily agricultural twenty years ago. In the past twenty years, however, many computer-chip manufacturers have opened factories there. A recent study found that water pollution in the region was worse than in any other region in the country. Moreover, the computer-chip factories, which..

105. The following appeared in a health newsletter. "According to a recent study, people with many social ties report catching colds less often than do people with few social ties. Consequently, researchers conclude that having an active social life probably helps strengthen the immune system. The researchers note that catching a cold—one of a family of highly contagious viruses—gives the cold-s..

104. One kind of brain-scanning device is used by doctors to monitor normal as well as abnormal activity in a patient's brain. The device provides precise measurements of blood flow in the brain, a known indicator of how the brain is working. Unfortunately, the device requires patients to remain completely still with their heads in the scanning machine, which makes a very loud noise. Under these..

103. Blue City Highway had always been notorious for its tight curves and poor roadway visibility, and the accident rate there was generally very high. Last year the highway was redesigned to broaden the curves and improve roadway visibility. Drivers report that they now feel much safer driving on the highway and that the redesign has been a big improvement. But the number of accidents on the hi..

102. The following appeared in a letter from the mayor of Tudor City. "After a major airline chose Yorkville as its regional flight hub, the number of businesses in that city almost doubled and local tax revenue increased by 50 percent. In addition, as travel to Yorkville became easier, most respondents to a survey of the country's top executives identified Yorkville as a desirable place to tran..

101. The following appeared in a memo from the president of a company that makes breakfast cereals. "In a recent study, subjects who ate soybeans at least five times per week had significantly lower cholesterol levels than subjects who ate no soy products. By fortifying our Wheat-O cereal with soy protein, we can increase sales by appealing to additional consumers who are concerned about their h..

* 말그대로 지문을 읽고 argument, 논박을 하라는 것이다. - 시험 유형은 지문이 하나 주어지고, 그 지문 안에 있는 오류들을 찾아내서 반론을 하면 되는 것이다. - 오류는 무조건 존재하며 일반적으로 2개~4개를 찾아내서 서론,본론 2~4문단, 그리고 결론을 작성하면 된다. - 시간은 30분으로 브레인스토밍 2~3분, 작성 20~25분 남는 시간 검토를 하면 된다. - 컴퓨터로 쓰기 때문에 영타는 기본적으로 빠르면 좋다. - 라이팅의 고득점을 위해서는 주관적인 관점이 많이 들어가는 이슈보다는 객관적인 정보를 바탕으로 하는 아규를 반드시 잘봐야하기 때문에 많이 준비해야한다.

* 아규를 브레인 스토밍할때에는 읽으면서 오류가 될만한 부분을 찾아내는게 빠르게 글을 쓸 수 있는 방법의 하나이다. 그러기 위해서는 우선 오류의 유형들을 외워서 해당하는 유형에 따라 오류를 집어내고 유형에 따라서 반박하는 방법도 공부하면 좋을 것이다. - 브레인스토밍을 하기 전에 일단 최소 2개의 본문(이럴 경우 장문), 평균적으로는 3개의 본문을 쓴다고 생각하고 최소 3개의 오류를 찾아낸다고 생각하고 있어야한다. - 가장 많이 나오는 오류의 유형은 False causal로 해당하는 사건의 원인이 반드시 글쓴이가 쓴것이 아닐 수도 있다는 가정을 하고 다른 요인들을 생각해내면 되는 것이다. 예를 들면, 고기만 먹었더니 병이 싹 다 나았더라, 따라서 병자는 모두 고기만 쬐어야한다는 명제가 있으면 고기가 병을..

1. The following appeared in a memorandum written by the vice president of Nature's Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other health-related products. "Previous experience has shown that our stores are most profitable in areas where residents are highly concerned with leading healthy lives. We should therefore build our next new store in Plainsville, which has many such residents. Pla..