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Developing an Effective Argument

Question 2 • FL-1001370-English 3 A

Which statement uses abductive reasoning?

Answer
A
All of the books in the library’s science fiction section are over three hundred pages, so science fiction novels are usually long.
B
I read six great fantasy novels that were made into terrible movies, so it must be hard to make a movie as good as the novel.
C
My cousin wrote a historical fiction novel that sold only six hundred copies, so not many people were interested in the topic.
D
Every time I read a mystery novel I figure out who did it, so I will probably figure out the solution to this new novel, too.

Explanation

Abductive reasoning looks for a plausible explanation of an observation. The novel sold only six hundred copies, and the statement proposes that few people were interested in its topic as an explanation for those low sales. That explanation might not be the only possibility, but it is the kind of inference abductive reasoning makes.

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