Lsat Lr Question Types

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The 13 types of LR questions are...

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1. Must Be True/Most Supported

2. Main Point

3. Point at Issue

4. Assumption

5. Justify the Conclusion

6. Strengthen/Support

7. Resolve the Paradox

8. Weaken

9. Method of Reasoning

10. Flaw in the Reasoning

11. Parallel Reasoning

12. Evaluate the Argument

13. Cannot Be True

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"Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument?"

"Which one of the following most accurately expression the conclusion of the argument?"

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ID the Conclusion

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"The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the the grounds that it..."

"The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that..."

"Which of the following is an error in the reasoning?"

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Find the Flaw

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"The prosecutor assumes that..."

"What does the argument assume?"

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Assumption

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"The pattern of flawed reasoning in which one of the following arguments is most similar to that in the economist's argument?"

"Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning most similar to that in the argument above?"

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Match the Flaw

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"The conclusion follows logically if which of the following is assumed?"

"Which of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion to be properly drawn?"

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Sufficient Assumption

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"Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the economist's reasoning?"

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Supporting Principle

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"The reasoning above most closely conforms to which of the following principles?"

"Which one of the following propositions is most precisely exemplified by the situation presented above?"

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Conform to a Principle

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"Which of the following is an assumption required by the argument?"

"The argument relies on which one of the following assumptions?"

"Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?"

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Required Assumption

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"Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?"

"The pattern of reasoning in which of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?"

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Match the Reasoning

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Most seriously weakens the argument
Undermines the conclusion
Calls into question
Casts doubt upon
Most calls into question the author's reasoning?

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Weaken

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Most strengthens
Most strongly supports the argument

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Strengthen

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"If the sentences above are true, which of the following must be true?"

"The information above provides the most support for which of the following?"

"______ Which of the following most logically completes the argument?"

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Inference

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"Which of the following best illustrates the principle mentioned above?"

"Which one of the following most closely conforms to the principle that the passage above illustrates?"

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Give an Example

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"X and Y's statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about..."

"X and Y disagree over..."

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ID the Disagreement

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"Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy described above?"

"Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why...?"

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Explain the Discrepancy

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"Which one of the following best represents the role played by the claim that..."

"The reference to _____ plays which one of the following roles in the argument?"

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ID the Role

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"The argument proceeds by..."

"X's argument does which of the following?"

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ID the Argument

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The "Inference" task is...

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to find a statement that has to be true on the basis of passage information; note that these passages are often not arguments