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Zorluk: OrtaDetermining Statement Roles

Historian: Traditional accounts of the Industrial Revolution often attribute its onset primarily to sudden technological innovations. However, this perspective overlooks the prerequisite of widespread capital accumulation. Before large-scale machinery could be deployed, merchants needed substantial surplus wealth to invest in these risky ventures. Thus, sustained periods of mercantile profitability were essential for industrialization. Consequently, we must view the Industrial Revolution not merely as an era of invention, but as the culmination of centuries of gradual economic expansion.

The claim that sustained periods of mercantile profitability were essential for industrialization plays which one of the following roles in the historian's argument?

  1. It is an intermediate conclusion that serves to support the argument's primary conclusion.Cevap
  2. B
    It is the primary conclusion of the historian's argument.
  3. C
    It is a basic premise introduced to demonstrate that merchants required significant surplus wealth to fund risky ventures.
  4. D
    It is contextual background information intended to clarify why traditional historical accounts emphasize sudden technological innovations.
  5. E
    It is an unstated necessary assumption required to connect technological innovation with gradual economic expansion.

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The statement functions as an intermediate conclusion that serves to support the argument's primary conclusion.
The correct answer accurately identifies that the target statement is drawn as an inference from a previous premise ('merchants needed substantial surplus wealth...') and is subsequently used to justify the argument's ultimate claim ('we must view the Industrial Revolution...'). This dual function is the exact definition of an intermediate conclusion.

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1
Analyze the structure of the historian's argument to identify the main conclusion.
The final sentence ('Consequently, we must view...') is the main conclusion, indicated by 'Consequently' and the shift to a broad, overarching claim.
Identifying the main conclusion provides the anchor for determining how all other statements relate to the argument.
2
Determine the function of the target statement.
The target statement ('Thus, sustained periods...') is introduced by 'Thus', indicating it is a conclusion. However, it is not the main conclusion.
Indicator words like 'Thus' reveal that a statement is supported by other claims in the text.
3
Evaluate the relationship between the target statement and the rest of the text.
The target statement is supported by the preceding sentence (about merchants needing surplus wealth) and it provides direct logical support for the main conclusion (that the era was the culmination of gradual economic expansion).
A statement that is supported by a premise and in turn supports the main conclusion is, by definition, an intermediate (or subsidiary) conclusion.

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Identifying Intermediate Conclusions
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Determining Statement Roles

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