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Log Reasoning Flashcards

1
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Name the 9 premise indicators

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  1. Because
  2. Since
  3. For
  4. For the reason that
  5. In that
  6. Given that
  7. As indicated by
  8. Due to
  9. Furthermore
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Name the 9 conclusion indicators

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  1. Thus
  2. Therefore
  3. Hence
  4. Consequently
  5. As a result
  6. So
  7. Accordingly
  8. It follows
  9. It must be that
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What are the 13 question stems

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  1. Must be true
  2. Main point
  3. Point at issue/point of agreement
  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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What type of question?

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statements above?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which of the following is best illustrated by the statements above?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following can be properly concluded from the claims in the advertisement?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following statements is an inference that can be drawn from the information given in the passage?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

The essayists statements, if true, most strongly support which of the following?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must be true about the ____?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

The researchers statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

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Must be true

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12
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What type of question?

Which one of the following can be logically concluded from the information above?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn by the citizen?

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Main point

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What type of question?

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the ______ argument as a whole?

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Main point

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What type of question?

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument above?

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Main point

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16
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What is this argument element?

Furthermore

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Additional premise indicator

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17
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What is this argument element?

Moreover

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Additional premise indicator

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18
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What is this argument element?

Besides

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Additional premise indicator

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19
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What is this argument element?

In addition

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Additional premise indicator

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20
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What is this argument element?

What’s more

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Additional premise indicator

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21
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What is this argument element?

After all

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Additional premise indicator

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22
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What is this argument element?

But

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Counter premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

Yet

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Counter premise indicator

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24
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What is this argument element?

However

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Counter premise indicator

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25
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What is this argument element?

On the other hand

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Counter premise indicator

26
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What is this argument element?

Admittedly

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Counter premise indicator

27
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What is this argument element?

In contrast

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Counter premise indicator

28
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What is this argument element?

Although

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Counter premise indicator

29
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What is this argument element?

Even though

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Counter premise indicator

30
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What is this argument element?

Still

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Counter premise indicator

31
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What is this argument element?

Whereas

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Counter premise indicator

32
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What is this argument element?

In spite of

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Counter premise indicator

33
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What is this argument element?

Despite

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Counter premise indicator

34
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What is this argument element?

After all

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Counter premise indicator

35
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What is this argument element?

Consequently

A

Conclusion indicator

36
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What is this argument element?

Thus

A

Conclusion indicator

37
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What is this argument element?

Therefore

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Conclusion indicator

38
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What type of question?

Asks you to find the primary conclusion made by the author

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Main point

39
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What type of question?

Asks you to identify the answer choice that is best proven by the information in the stimulus.

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Must be true

40
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What type of question?
Require you to identify a point of contention between two speakers and thus these questions appear almost exclusively with two speaker stimuli

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Point at issue

41
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What type of question?

“Larson and Manuela disagree about whether…”

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Point at issue

42
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What type of question?

Author asks you to identify an assumption of the author’s argument.

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Assumption

43
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What type of question?

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument above?

A

Assumption

44
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What type of question?

Ask you to supply a piece of information that, when added to the premises, prices the conclusion.

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Justify the conclusion

45
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What type of question?

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

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Justify the conclusion

46
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What type of question?

Ask you to select the answer choice that provides support for the authors argument or strengthens it in some way

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Strengthen/support

47
Q

What type of question?

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

A

Strengthen/support

48
Q

What type of question?

Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the statement above?

A

Strengthen/support

49
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What type of question?

Contains a discrepancy of seeming contradiction then asks you to find the answer that best resolves the situation

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Resolve the paradox

50
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What type of question?

Asks you to attack or undermine the authors argument

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Weaken

51
Q

What type of question?

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A

Weaken

52
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What type of question?

Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the way in which the author made his or her argument

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Method of reasoning

53
Q

What type of question?

Which one of the following describes the technique of reasoning used above

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Method of reasoning

54
Q

What type of question?

Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the error of reasoning committed by the author

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Flaw in reasoning

55
Q

What type of question?

The reasoning in the astronomers argument is flawed because this argument …

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Flaw in reasoning

56
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What type of question?
Ask you to identify the answer choice that contains reasoning most similar in structure to the reasoning presented in the stimulus

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Parallel reasoning

57
Q

What type of question?

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

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Parallel reasoning

58
Q

What type of question?

You must decide which answer choice will allow you to determine the logical validity of the argument

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Evaluate the argument

59
Q

What type of question?

The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute most to an evaluation of the argument

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Evaluate the argument

60
Q

What type of question?

Ask you to identify the answer choice that cannot be true or is most weakened based on the information in the stimulus

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Cannot be true

61
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What type of question?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

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Cannot be true

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