Q6 - Oscar: I have been accused

[Turismo1]

I am stuck between answer choices A and D.

I feel like A is a better answer but D seems "ok" too, but I cant articulate why D is a worse answer. Can someone help please?

[ohthatpatrick]

I see what you're saying; (D) definitely has some "match"-ability to the stimulus.

Does Millie cite a "theory of rights"?

Not quite. Saying that authors have rights is not the same thing as "citing a theory of rights". To be honest, I'm not sure if I can come up with an example of "a theory of rights", other than perhaps the Bill of Rights or the UN's Declaration of Human Rights.

Do we know that this supposed theory of rights prohibits plagiarism?

I don't think so. The only thing brought up regarding rights is that authors have a right to their own words. That idea doesn't specifically comment on plagiarism, even though we would probably extrapolate (in real life) that plagiarism violates an author's right to her own words.

Is there any match for "Oscar is committed to that theory"?

Not really. We would want some phrase such as, "as you said", "which you agree to", "as you know", etc.

To justify the part of the answer that "suggests Oscar is committed to the theory", Millie would have had to say something that acknowledges that Oscar is well aware of what theory she's describing.

Finally, and hopefully this will be the most conversationally persuasive part ... Millie's real objection is not that Oscar is stealing Ethel's words (violating Ethel's rights to her own words). After all, Ethel DID give Oscar permission to use her words.

Millie's REAL objection is that Oscar used Ethel's words without attribution. This is the part of plagiarism that is misleading (or lying) to readers.

Since that was Millie's REAL objection, and that objection has nothing to do with violating Ethel's rights to her own words, I would shoot down (D).

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have lingering qualms.

[Turismo1]

^ awesome explanation. thanks. I get it now