- Wed May 10, 2017 12:37 pm
#34685
Complete Question Explanation
Strengthen—PR. The correct answer choice is (D)
Here, the author discusses local opposition within a coastal community to one family’s plan to build a large house on a plot of land that a famous landscape painter, who was beloved and recently died, depicted in a painting. Even though the family owns the land in question, and even though the proposed home would not violate the town’s code, the community’s residents object to the home because it “would alter the pristine landscape and hence damage the community’s artistic and historic heritage.”
This argument raises three considerations that could impact a decision about whether it is appropriate for the family to build the home: the family’s ownership of the land; the compliance of the proposed home with the town’s code; and the impact of the home’s construction on the landscape and the community’s artistic and cultural heritage. The residents appear to place greater weight on the third factor, basing their opposition to the home solely on it, despite the family’s ownership of the land and compliance with the town’s code. So, the residents take the position that if the proposed home would alter the landscape and harm the community’s artistic and cultural heritage, then it should not be built.
This is a Strengthen—Principle question. Our task is to the select the answer choice containing a principle, or rule, that best supports the residents’ position. As discussed above, our prephrase is that the correct answer choice will say something like “a home should not be built if doing so alters the pristine landscape and damages the community’s artistic and historic heritage.”
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect because the argument is about the preservation of undeveloped land, not the preservation of a historic building.
Answer choice (B): While this answer choice may describe an attractive compromise position between the family and the community, the conclusion did not suggest that the community should purchase the land.
Answer choice (C): Here, the artist who painted the landscape has already died, and it is the community that opposes the family’s plan to alter the landscape. So, this rule is inapplicable to the factual scenario described in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice because it describes the limitation the community seeks to impose on the family’s use of their own land.
Answer choice (E): Although the stimulus did discuss the town’s code, which we may assume would have something to do with building and zoning regulations, the reference to the code was limited to the factual assertion that the proposed home complies with the code. The conclusion had nothing to do with what building and zoning regulations should or should not permit.
Strengthen—PR. The correct answer choice is (D)
Here, the author discusses local opposition within a coastal community to one family’s plan to build a large house on a plot of land that a famous landscape painter, who was beloved and recently died, depicted in a painting. Even though the family owns the land in question, and even though the proposed home would not violate the town’s code, the community’s residents object to the home because it “would alter the pristine landscape and hence damage the community’s artistic and historic heritage.”
This argument raises three considerations that could impact a decision about whether it is appropriate for the family to build the home: the family’s ownership of the land; the compliance of the proposed home with the town’s code; and the impact of the home’s construction on the landscape and the community’s artistic and cultural heritage. The residents appear to place greater weight on the third factor, basing their opposition to the home solely on it, despite the family’s ownership of the land and compliance with the town’s code. So, the residents take the position that if the proposed home would alter the landscape and harm the community’s artistic and cultural heritage, then it should not be built.
This is a Strengthen—Principle question. Our task is to the select the answer choice containing a principle, or rule, that best supports the residents’ position. As discussed above, our prephrase is that the correct answer choice will say something like “a home should not be built if doing so alters the pristine landscape and damages the community’s artistic and historic heritage.”
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect because the argument is about the preservation of undeveloped land, not the preservation of a historic building.
Answer choice (B): While this answer choice may describe an attractive compromise position between the family and the community, the conclusion did not suggest that the community should purchase the land.
Answer choice (C): Here, the artist who painted the landscape has already died, and it is the community that opposes the family’s plan to alter the landscape. So, this rule is inapplicable to the factual scenario described in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice because it describes the limitation the community seeks to impose on the family’s use of their own land.
Answer choice (E): Although the stimulus did discuss the town’s code, which we may assume would have something to do with building and zoning regulations, the reference to the code was limited to the factual assertion that the proposed home complies with the code. The conclusion had nothing to do with what building and zoning regulations should or should not permit.