LSAT 103 – Section 3 – Question 11

LSAT 103 - Section 3 - Question 11

September 1998

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PT103 S3 Q11
+LR
Necessary assumption +NA
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
94%
167
B
1%
154
C
1%
156
D
1%
156
E
3%
159
135
143
151
 +Medium 148.537 +SubsectionMedium

Linsey has been judged to be a bad songwriter simply because her lyrics typically are disjointed and subjective. This judgment is ill founded, however, since the writings of many modern novelists typically are disjointed and subjective and yet these novelists are widely held to be good writers.

Summary
The argument concludes that it’s ill founded to call Linsey a bad songwriter because her lyrics are disjointed and subjective. Why? Because many modern novelists write in a way that is disjointed and subjective, but are considered to be good writers.

Notable Assumptions
The argument defends Linsey based on an analogy between her songwriting and the writing of modern novelists. For this analogy to make sense, the argument must assume that songwriting and modern novels are relevantly analogous—that this writing style has a similar effect in both types of writing.

A
Disjointed and subjective writing has a comparable effect in modern novels and in songs.
In other words, modern novels and songwriting are relevantly analogous when considering this writing style. This is the only way that modern novels can provide any insight into the quality of Linsey’s songwriting, making it a necessary assumption.
B
Some readers do not appreciate the subtleties of the disjointed and subjective style adopted by modern novelists.
This just doesn’t make any difference—we already know that these novelists are “widely held” to be good writers, so whether some people don’t like them isn’t relevant, much less necessary.
C
Song lyrics that are disjointed and subjective have at least as much narrative structure as any other song lyrics do.
The argument never brings up the idea of narrative structure as a way to assess the quality of songwriting, so this is irrelevant.
D
A disjointed and subjective style of writing is usually more suitable for novels and song lyrics than it is for any other written works.
The argument is only focused on song lyrics and novels, so whether or not this writing style is suitable for other works makes no difference.
E
The quality of Linsey’s songs is better judged by the quality of their lyrics than by the quality of their musical form.
The argument only talks about Linsey’s merit as a songwriter, so it’s irrelevant to say whether her songwriting or her musical form is more important.

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