Read the excerpt.Pushing the keys on a piano activates wood hammers inside the instrument that strike strings inside, which then resonate to produce sound. The piano is usually categorized as a percussion instrument since percussion instruments create sound through impact between materials. However, a piano’s strings also make it akin to string instruments. A pianist can quickly learn to play many types of instruments because they are so closely related to the piano.
Answer
A
The audience is inclined to dismiss the author’s arguments since other instruments are not described.
B
The audience is distracted from the argument by the incomplete description of the piano’s components and design.
C
The audience becomes critical of the argument because the claim and evidence do not correlate.
D
The audience becomes distrustful of the author’s credibility since pianos are very different from other percussion instruments.
Explanation
The excerpt explains that a piano has features of both percussion and string instruments, then claims that pianists can quickly learn many other types of instruments. That evidence does not establish the broad claim: sharing some features with other instruments does not show that piano players can easily learn them. Therefore, the audience may criticize the argument because its claim and evidence do not correlate.
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