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46 Cards in this Set
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage? |
Main Conclusion Type: Identify |
Identify the claim the argument is trying to prove. |
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the passage? |
Main Conclusion Type: Identify |
Identify the claim the argument is trying to prove. |
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Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle stated above? |
Inference Type: Identify |
Identify a piece of information that either must be true or best supported based on the information in the argument. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always |
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Which of the following is most strongly supported by the information above? |
Inference Type: Identify |
Identify a piece of information that either must be true or best supported based on the information in the argument. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always |
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If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them? |
Inference Type: Identify |
Identify a piece of information that either must be true or best supported based on the information in the argument. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always |
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Which of the following can be properly concluded from the statements above? |
Inference Type: Identify |
Identify a piece of information that either must be true or best supported based on the information in the argument. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always |
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Which of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above? |
Inference Type: Identify |
Identify a piece of information that either must be true or best supported based on the information in the argument. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always |
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Which of the following follows logically from the information above? |
Inference Type: Identify |
Identify a piece of information that either must be true or best supported based on the information in the argument. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always |
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Ronaldo and Cho disagree over whether... |
Point of Disagreement Type: Identify |
Identify what the arguers disagree about. |
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Olivia’s and Geraldina’s statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about... |
Point of Disagreement Type: Identify |
Identify what the arguers disagree about. |
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the point at issue between Claude and Kenji? |
Point of Disagreement Type: Identify |
Identify what the arguers disagree about. |
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Octavia's and Massimo's statements provide the most support for holding that they agree about... |
Point of Agreement Type: Identify |
Identify what the arguers agree about. |
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The reasoning above is most vulnerable to criticism because it... |
Flaw Type: Analysis |
Articulate how the argument failed. |
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The argument’s reasoning is flawed because the argument... |
Flaw Type: Analysis |
Articulate how the argument failed. |
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The argument contains which one of the following reasoning errors? |
Flaw Type: Analysis |
Articulate how the argument failed. |
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The argument’s reasoning is questionable because it... |
Flaw Type: Analysis |
Articulate how the argument failed. |
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Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? |
Necessary Assumption Type: Analysis |
Name a statement that is essential for the argument's conclusion to be valid; that the argument cannot do without. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always, etc. |
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Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies? |
Necessary Assumption Type: Analysis |
Name a statement that is essential for the argument's conclusion to be valid; that the argument cannot do without. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always, etc. |
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Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument? |
Necessary Assumption Type: Analysis |
Name a statement that is essential for the argument's conclusion to be valid; that the argument cannot do without. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always, etc. |
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Which of the following is a necessary assumption of the argument? |
Necessary Assumption Type: Analysis |
Name a statement that is essential for the argument's conclusion to be valid; that the argument cannot do without. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always, etc. |
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The argument assumes which one of the following? |
Necessary Assumption Type: Analysis |
Name a statement that is essential for the argument's conclusion to be valid; that the argument cannot do without. Small language: some, sometimes, not every, not always, etc. |
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Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning above? |
Sufficient Assumption Type: Analysis |
Choose a response that will prove the conclusion is true. Load-bearing language: all, none, never, every, only, always, best, worst, earliest, etc. |
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Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion to be properly drawn? |
Sufficient Assumption Type: Analysis |
Choose a response that will prove the conclusion is true. Load-bearing language: all, none, never, every, only, always, best, worst, earliest, etc. |
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The conclusion above follows logically if which of the following is assumed? |
Sufficient Assumption Type: Analysis |
Choose a response that will prove the conclusion is true. Load-bearing language: all, none, never, every, only, always, best, worst, earliest, etc. |
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Which one of the following, if true, most supports the argument? |
Strengthen Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion more likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? |
Strengthen Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion more likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which one of the following statements, if true, provides the strongest support for the argument? |
Strengthen Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion more likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which one of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument? |
Weaken Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion less likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? |
Weaken Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion more likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which one of the following statements, if true, most calls into question the argument? |
Weaken
Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion less likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which one of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the conclusion? |
Weaken Type: Analysis |
Find something that makes the conclusion more likely to be true. Middle language: most, many, several, few, often, usually, etc. |
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Which of the following would be most helpful to know in evaluating the argument above? |
Evaluation Type: Analysis |
Choose a response that would help you decide whether the argument was strong or weak. |
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In order to evaluate the argument above, it would be most useful to know whether... |
Evaluation Type: Analysis |
Choose a response that would help you decide whether the argument was strong or weak. |
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Which one of the following, if true, does most to resolve the apparent paradox described above? |
Resolve/Explain/Paradox Type: Analysis |
Pick an answer that will solve the problem in the passage. |
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Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the seeming contradiction in the claims above? |
Resolve/Explain/Paradox Type:Analysis |
Pick an answer that will solve the problem in the passage. |
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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the experts’ belief with the apparently contrary evidence described above? |
Resolve/Explain/Paradox Type:Analysis |
Pick an answer that will solve the problem in the passage. |
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The argument proceeds by... |
Method Type: Description |
Describe the structure of the passage. |
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Which of the following is a method of reasoning employed in the argument? |
Method Type: Description |
Describe the structure of the passage. |
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the principle illustrated above? |
Method Type: Description |
Describe the structure of the passage. |
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The argumentation conforms most closely to which one of the following principles? |
Method Type: Description |
Describe the structure of the passage. |
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Which of the following best illustrates the principle illustrated by the argument above? |
Parallel Type: Description |
Describe the argument, then identify another argument that fits that same description. |
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Which of the following is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above? |
Parallel Type: Description |
Describe the argument, then identify another argument that fits that same description. |
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The statement that blah blah blah plays which of the following roles in the argument above? |
Role Type: Description |
Describe the way one sentence fits into the whole argument. |
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The statement that blah blah blah functions in the argument in which of the following ways? |
Role Type: Description |
Describe the way one sentence fits into the whole argument. |
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Which of the following exhibits the same pattern of reasoning as the argument above? |
Parallel Type: Description |
Describe the argument, then identify another argument that fits that same description. |
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Which of the following exhibits the same pattern of flawed reasoning as the argument above? |
Parallel Type: Description |
Describe the argument, then identify another argument that fits that same description. |
