- Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:12 pm
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We recently received the following question from a student. An instructor will respond below. Thanks!
Hi,
I wanted to clarify the response given for one particular question, as mentioned in the subject. The drill requires the reader to identify the location and question type of the question stem. The question is as follows:
"Which one of the following, if true, offers the most support for Rose's hypothesis?"
The answer given is: GR, Strengthen.
I agree with the fact that the question is a Strengthen type, however, I fail to understand why this is a Global Reference. The book defines Global Reference as below:
"Global Reference questions ask about the passage as a whole, or they fail to identify a defined area or isolated concept within the question stem"
Granted, that in the given question stem, the source passage might be entirely based on Rose's hypothesis and hence this might be the reason for your classification of the location as GR. However, when viewed as a standalone question stem, it is only natural to assume that the passage, within its content, also speaks of a concept called Rose's hypothesis. Hence, the reader would assume that the location would be a Concept Reference type?
Please do let me know if this might be right, or if I am missing some other crucial point here that is causing my failure to understand the given answer.