Gre Sample topic and answer for Argument Essay – Analysis of Argument

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The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.

“Commuters complain that increased rush-hour traffic on Blue Highway between the suburbs and the city center has doubled their commuting time. The favored proposal of the motorists’ lobby is to widen the highway, adding an additional lane of traffic. But last year’s addition of a lane to the nearby Green Highway was followed by a worsening of traffic jams on it. A better alternative is to add a bicycle lane to Blue Highway. Many area residents are keen bicyclists. A bicycle lane would encourage them to use bicycles to commute, and so would reduce rush-hour traffic rather than fostering an increase.” Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

Sample Response Gre Sample topic and answer for Argument Essay

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a) Nweze Janefrances Oyinye
b) Okechukwu Frances

The author is concluding that Dr. Field’s observation is invalid and that the interview-center approach will better replace this current research method used in understanding methods of rearing children in this group of island. The argument is based on unwarranted evidence gotten from a response from an interview conducted during which children from these Islands including Tertia were interrogated and found out that they spend more time talking about their biological parents as against other adults from the village. It is crystal clear therefore that this evidence cannot substantiate this claim and therefore the argument is flawed with several other unnecessary assumptions.

Surprisingly, the author in his hasty and not well-thought-over manner evidenced that the observation of Dr. Field is not valid; his evidence is based on the response he got from children which he randomly interviewed. The evidence emphasized that children speaking more about their biological parents is an indication that they were raised by these parent and not the entire village. Is the author saying that talking more about ones’ biological parents is a standard for ascertaining that such an individual was raised by his/her parents?  How many percentage  of the children living in Tertai in particular was interviewed by the author? On what basis is the author assuming that the current interview – center approach will be generally accepted as the method for understanding how children are raised in these Island? It is undoubtedly visible that the author in his hasty and unwarranted conclusion and prediction did not give enough time to examine this evidence; this has actually proven again that the argument cannot hold water.    

Again, the author assumed that the children are raised by their biological parents and not the entire village simply because they talk more about their parents when interviewed. It is a well-known fact, that answers and responses are products of questions posed. Hence, the author failed to mention the kind of questions that were asked these children to have resulted in the response (s) they gave. Perhaps if the author had given these questions it would be a better avenue for one to full grasp and evaluate their reasoning for the response they gave.

Conclusively, it is possible that the author might have some reserved logical explanations for the position he took in his writing. However, seeing they are not visible and engaged in the argument as presented then the argument stands flawed.