Burton Tool -- Bold Face

[thanghnvn]

however, bold phrase questions appear at the end of the test and so is for person who want to get 40/51 verbal. I will not focus on this kind of question.

no.

these questions can appear anywhere on the test, just like any other question type can. it's entirely possible that verbal question #1 could be one of these.

Thank you Ron,
I focus on 4 main types of questions, inference, assumption, strengthen and weaken questions. I see that there is no bold phrase question in OG11 and that there is only one question at the end of OG 10. So, I conclude that the bold phrase question should not be focused on.

[RonPurewal]

Thank you Ron,
I focus on 4 main types of questions, inference, assumption, strengthen and weaken questions. I see that there is no bold phrase question in OG11 and that there is only one question at the end of OG 10. So, I conclude that the bold phrase question should not be focused on.

dude, that book is all the way to the 13th edition by this point.

[amitm412]

Can somebody please explain why answer option 'e' is wrong?

I thought that the last line of the passage was the main conclusion. Any help to overcome my mistake would be helpful.

[RonPurewal]

Can somebody please explain why answer option 'e' is wrong?

I thought that the last line of the passage was the main conclusion. Any help to overcome my mistake would be helpful.

the last line of the passage is a fact, so it's automatically excluded from being the conclusion. (facts don't need to be supported by arguments, so they can't be the conclusions of arguments like these.)

to identify what is the conclusion, ask yourself, "which statements support which other statements?" and/or try to put the word "therefore" between the statements in the passage until you get them in an order that makes rhetorical sense.
either way, you should find that the conclusion is the one indicated in the problem.

[pappup5]

Hi Ron,

I was trying to approach this problem with the fact v/s claim approach in order to eliminate a few choices. I am clear that the first boldface is a claim due to the use of the word "clearly". However, the presence of indicates in the second boldface made me unsure whether I could classify it as a claim or a fact. I was able to eliminate Option C, which says that the second sentence is an evidence, based on only the first portion and therefore able to solve the problem. However, can you please help me understand the usage of indicates as a claim here?

[pappup5]

HI Ron/Experts - Can you please answer my question above?

[RonPurewal]

there's no need to nit-pick individual words here. if the speaker gives reasons for something, it's a claim.

[pappup5]

Thanks Ron !

[RonPurewal]

sure.