LR Prompts for Question Types Flashcards
If the statement above are true, which one of the following must be true?
Must Be True (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
b. Anticipate a weak answer choice
Which one of the following follows logically from the example above?
Must Be True (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
b. Anticipate a weak answer choice
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?
Must Be True (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
b. Anticipate a weak answer choice
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
Soft MBT (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
c. Anticipate a summary of the stimulus
b. Anticipate a weak answer choice
Which one of the following is best illustrated by the information above?
Soft MBT (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
c. Anticipate a summary of the stimulus
b. Anticipate a weak answer choice
Which one of the following most logically completes the information above?
Soft MBT (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
c. Anticipate a summary of the stimulus
b. Anticipate a weak answer choice
If the statements above are true, then which one of the following must be false?
Must Be False (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
c. Anticipate an answer choice that would violate these relationships
If the statements above are true, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT?
Must Be False (Implication Family)
- Diagrammable?
a. Anticipate valid inferences (transitive conclusions, Contrapositive) - No conditional Statements?
a. Look for relationships between statements
c. Anticipate an answer choice that would violate these relationships
Which one of the following is the main point of the argument?
Main Point (Characterization Family)
Answer: The main conclusion of the argument
Common correct answers:
- Expressions of the author’s attitude or prescriptive statements
- A statements that is supported by premises but that doesn’t itself support anything
Common Incorrect answers:
- Statements that do not need to be true
- Premises, subsidiary conclusions
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument?
Main Point (Characterization Family)
Answer: The main conclusion of the argument
Common correct answers:
- Expressions of the author’s attitude or prescriptive statements
- A statements that is supported by premises but that doesn’t itself support anything
Common Incorrect answers:
- Statements that do not need to be true
- Premises, subsidiary conclusions
Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the passage by the claim ___?
Role (Characterization Family)
Correct Answer: An accurate characterization of the role the specific statement plays in the stimulus
Common Correct Answers:
- A premise that is not supported by anything else in the argument
- A subsidiary conclusion that is supported and is used to support the main conclusion
- The main conclusion
- Background information that is not actually a part of the argument
- A claim that the argument is intended to refute
The assertion that ___ figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?
Role (Characterization Family)
Correct Answer: An accurate characterization of the role the specific statement plays in the stimulus
Common Correct Answers:
- A premise that is not supported by anything else in the argument
- A subsidiary conclusion that is supported and is used to support the main conclusion
- The main conclusion
- Background information that is not actually a part of the argument
- A claim that the argument is intended to refute
Which one of the following most accurately describes the method of reasoning?
Describe (Characterization Family)
Correct Answer: An accurate description of the reasoning employed in the stimulus
How to approach the stimulus (one speaker)
- Identify conclusion/premises and look for one prevalent argument forms
- Paraphrase how the argument supports the conclusion
How to approach the stimulus (two speakers)
- Identify conclusion/premises of the first argument
- Look for weaknesses in the first argument
- Read the response and look for one of the prevalent argument forms
- Paraphrase how the second speaker response (generally the two speakers will disagree)
The argument proceeds by employing which of the following approaches?
Describe (Characterization Family)
Correct Answer: An accurate description of the reasoning employed in the stimulus
How to approach the stimulus (one speaker)
- Identify conclusion/premises and look for one prevalent argument forms
- Paraphrase how the argument supports the conclusion
How to approach the stimulus (two speakers)
- Identify conclusion/premises of the first argument
- Look for weaknesses in the first argument
- Read the response and look for one of the prevalent argument forms
- Paraphrase how the second speaker response (generally the two speakers will disagree)
Which one of the following most accurately describes an error in the argument’s reasoning?
Flaw (Characterization Family)
Answer: A description of the fallacy committed in the stimulus