Find the Conclusion

Question 1

Finding the conclusion

Answer 1

The arguments conclusion must be closely connected to its premises, assumptions, and any intermediary conclusions that may be present.

An argument’s conclusion must follow only from the information presented in the argument and any assumptions made by the argument.

The correct answer must do the best job among the five answers of capturing the author’s conclusion

Consider using “therefore” to find the right answer.

Question 2

Difference between find the conclusion and inference questions

Answer 2

Correct answers to inference the questions have to be true given what the stimuli say, while the correct answers to Find the Conclusion don’t have to be true give what the statements say. It just has to flow logically from the statements.

Answers to inference questions can be any conclusion supported by any portions of the stimuli. Find the conclusion questions are generally conclusions that follow logically from the entire stimuli.

Question 3

Incorrect Answers in Find the Conclusion

Answer 3

1. A choice that requires the support of information that is not included in the stimulus
2. A choice that extends beyond what the statements in the stimulus actually say. Goes too far.
3. A choice that is related to what the premises say, but is not actually supported by them.
4. A choice that conflicts with information that appears in the passage