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19 Cards in this Set
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Must be true |
Identify the answer choice that is the best proven by the information in the stimulus |
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Main point |
Find the primary conclusion made by the author |
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Point At issue/point of agreement |
Point at issue question requires you to identify a point of contention between two speakers
Point of agreement questions require you to identify the point of the agreement between two speakers |
Point at Issue: require you to identify the point of contention
Point of agreement: identify the point of agreement |
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Assumption (Necessary Assumption) Fill the hole |
Identify an assumption of the argument
What is required of you to know before hand |
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Justify the conclusion (Sufficient Assumption) 100% Guaranteed Outcome |
Supply a piece of information, when added to the premises, proves the conclusion |
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Strengthen/support |
Select the answer choice that provides support for the authors argument or strengthens it in someway |
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Resolve the paradox |
Must find the answer choice that best resolves the discrepancy or contradiction |
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Weaken |
Attack or undermine the authors argument |
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Method of reasoning |
Describe, in abstract terms, the way in which the author made his or her argument |
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Flaw in reasoning What's the hole? |
Describe, in abstract terms, the error of reasoning committed by the author |
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Parallel reasoning/parallel flaw |
Identify the answer choice that contains reasoning most similar in structure to the reasoning presented in the stimulus |
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Evaluate the argument |
Decide which answer choice will allow you to determine the logical validity of the argument |
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Cannot be true |
Identify the answer choice that cannot be true or is most weakened based on the information in the stimulus |
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The Prove Family |
Must be true/Most supported Main point Point at issue/agreement Method of reasoning Flaw in reasoning Parallel reasoning/flaw
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Rules for prove family questions |
You must accept the stimulus information, even if it contains error in reasoning, and use it to prove that one of the answer choices must be true
The answer choice will be incorrect if it contains any information not in the stimulus |
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The help family |
Assumption Justify the conclusion Strengthen/support Resolve the paradox |
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The rules for solving the help family questions |
The information in the stimulus is suspect, you will be asked to help the argument
The answer choices are accepted as given, even if it includes new information. |
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The hurt family |
Weaken:
The information in the stimulus is suspect, you will be asked to weaken the argument
The answer choices are accepted as given, even if it includes new information
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The disprove family |
Cannot be true:
You must accept the stimulus information, even if it contains error in reasoning, and use it to prove that one of the answer choices cannot occur
The answer choice will be incorrect if it contains any information not in the stimulus
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