PrepTest 70, Section 3, Question 3
Humorous television advertisements are the only effective ones. For if something is humorous it will not only attract people's attention, it will hold their attention long enough for a message to be conveyed. And, obviously, for an advertisement to be effective it must convey its message.
Humorous television advertisements are the only effective ones. For if something is humorous it will not only attract people's attention, it will hold their attention long enough for a message to be conveyed. And, obviously, for an advertisement to be effective it must convey its message.
Humorous television advertisements are the only effective ones. For if something is humorous it will not only attract people's attention, it will hold their attention long enough for a message to be conveyed. And, obviously, for an advertisement to be effective it must convey its message.
Humorous television advertisements are the only effective ones. For if something is humorous it will not only attract people's attention, it will hold their attention long enough for a message to be conveyed. And, obviously, for an advertisement to be effective it must convey its message.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument?
It takes for granted that nothing but humor can attract a person's attention and hold it long enough for a message to be conveyed.
It confuses attracting a person's attention with holding a person's attention long enough for a message to be conveyed.
It treats a necessary condition for an advertisement's being effective as if it were a sufficient condition.
It uses two senses of the term "effective" without differentiating them.
It takes for granted that an advertisement's only purpose is to convey its message.
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