PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 3
Traditionally, members of a community such as a(462 more words not shown)
The author's statement that "(17 more words not shown)
- Acounter the claim(10 more words not shown)
- Bintroduce the argument(12 more words not shown)
- Ccounter the claim(9 more words not shown)
- Dsuggest that not(12 more words not shown)
- Eacknowledge that computer(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Yes, these groups provide respect and support. But that still doesn't make them communities. The statement gives the advocates something before explaining why it isn't enough. Predict an acknowledgment of a real similarity.
Working the answers
- A
A group can support its members while being difficult for poorer or less computer-literate people to join. This concession doesn't counter the access problem; the writer raises that problem immediately afterward.
- B
The etiquette argument has already appeared in paragraph 2. This statement accepts some of its benefits rather than introducing it.
- C
The writer goes on to say conferences fall short of communities. The concession qualifies that position; it doesn't refute it. C points the argument in the wrong direction.
- D
There is no comparison among individual participants' levels of respect. The sentence grants a benefit of the conferences as a whole.
- ECorrect
“While it is true” grants that conferences can offer the respectful and supportive interactions associated with community. The writer then says they “nonetheless fall short of communities.” That's the distinction we predicted: similar in some respects, but still lacking something important.
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