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QuizMultiple Choice

Developing an Effective Argument

Question 4 of 8 • TX-English I B-CR

Read the excerpt from "What Educated Women Can Do” by Indira Gandhi.So, when you lead a life, a particular kind of life, your clothes, your everything has to fit into that life if you are to be efficient. If you have to go in the villages and you have to bother whether your clothes are going to be dirty, then you cannot be a good worker. You have to forget everything of that kind. That is why, gradually, clothes and so on have changed in some countries because of the changes in the life-style. Does it suit our life-style or what we want to do or not? If it does, maybe we have to adopt some of these things not merely because it is done in another country and perhaps for another purpose. But what clothes we wear is really quite unimportant. What is important is how we are thinking.

Answer
A
It is effective because she supports her claim with evidence that people can relate to.
B
It is effective because she uses reasoning to draw a specific conclusion from general observations.
C
It is not effective because she leaves important questions unanswered.
D
It is not effective because she uses a false analogy to describe the connection between clothes and work.
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