GRE argument practice Subject: please see as picture My response: In this application, the applicant believe operating a jazz music club in Monroe is tremendously profitable. Although he lists three parts of seemingly credible reason involving lacking competition and prosperous marketing requirement and high level of potential customers, this application still do not strong enough to support the conclusion as following reasons. First of all, lacking competitor could not as a directly support reason, especially in the condition of lacking other information. For instant, the applicator do not supply whether there are other jazz club before in Monroe. So we could not exclude the possibility that other jazz clubs have all be closed because of terrible operating atmosphere. Secondly, Monroe's annual jazz festival in summer and, the highest-rated radio program, 'Jazz Nightly' and well-known jazz musicians living location seems support the conclusion that jazz music is extremely popular. However, jazz festival is annual festival, and Jazz club is going to open almost every day. So 100,000 people just attended once per year, and it could not be a continues source of commercial customers. 'Jazz Nightly' is a daily program, but it airs in the night. That sounds like a competitor rather a stimulative cause. And no evidence shows resident would like to enjoy Jazz in club rather home by radio. As for musicians living location, living location is not equal to working location. Maybe they always go to the club 65 miles away. So this is would weaken the conclusion. Finally, according to applicator's assertion, the nationwide study indicates high level of potential jazz customers. Nevertheless, $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment is nationwide average level, no evidence shows the level of Monroe is equal to nationwide level. Above all, it is obvious that applicator's assertion is not persuasive. In order to strengthen the argument, he needs to collect more information to prove there exist enough potential jazz music customers. It could including these studies: one about customers habit to certify registers of Monroe are willing to listen live jazz in local club not just in Monroe's annual jazz festival, and one about standards of consumption to testify local jazz fans willing spend enough mony on jazz entertainment.