Some people believe that witnessing violence in movies will discharge aggressive energy. Does watching someone else e...

Emil-Kunkin on June 22, 2022

Hi Aneeshu,

The passage is an argument by analogy. There author is trying to disprove the idea that witnessing movie violence will discharge aggressive energy. To show this belief is flawed, the author asks (rhetorically) if watching someone eat will fill one's stomach.

The analogy here keeps the same action (watching) but changes the subject (what is being watched/the result of the thing being watched). That is, the author disputes the general statement about violence by showing a similar case in which the outcome (being full/discharging energy) does not happen.

This is a good match for D, the author asks a rhetorical question that shows a desired outcome would not happen.

A, however, asks a different type of question. It focuses on a similar but not identical case that is clearly morally wrong. This question is trying to prove the point in the previous sentence, while the passage was asking a rhetorical question to disprove that point. So, A is not the same reasoning structure.