LR Question Stems Flashcards
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
Main Point
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the editorialist’s argument?
Main Point
Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the argument?
Main Point
The point of Travers’s rejoinder to Dillworth’s argument is that
Main Point
In the argument, the statement that many comic scenes in Mozart’s operas open with violin phrases that sound like the squeaking of changing scenery is offered in support of the claim that
Main Point
The overall conclusion of the historian’s argument is that
Main Point
The claim that foreign capital funneled into the economy would cause inflation plays which one of the following roles in the government official’s argument?
Role of Statement
The claim that bureaucratic mechanisms are engineered to resist change plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Role of Statement
The claim that ambiguity inspires interpretation figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?
Role of Statement
The claim that cloning will not produce adults with identical personalities plays which one of the following roles in the geneticist’s argument?
Role of Statement
The statistics cited function in the argument to
Role of Statement
The assertion that a later artist tampered with Veronese’s painting serves which one of the following functions in the curator’s argument?
Role of Statement
Yvette responds to Xavier by
Method of Argument
Carla does which one of the following in disputing Mark’s position?
Method of Argument
Aiesha responds to Adam’s argument by
Method of Argument
Ruth uses which one of the following argumentative techniques in countering Joanna’s argument?
Method of Argument
The argument criticizing the newspaper article employs which one of the following strategies?
Method of Argument
The linguist’s argument proceeds by
Method of Argument
Which one of the following is a technique of reasoning used in the argument?
Method of Argument
The argument derives its conclusion by
Method of Argument
The argument in the passage proceeds by doing which one of the following?
Method of Argument
The argument seeks to do which one of the following?
Method of Argument
The journalist argues by
Method of Argument
Which one of the following exhibits flawed reasoning most nearly parallel to that exhibited in the argument above?
Parallel/Parallel Flaw
Which one of the following is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?
Parallel/Parallel Flaw
The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
Parallel/Parallel Flaw
Which one of the following contains questionable reasoning that is most similar to that in the argument above?
Parallel/Parallel Flaw
Which one of the following decisions is based on flawed reasoning that is most similar to the worker’s flawed reasoning?
Parallel/Parallel Flaw
Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?
Parallel/Parallel Flaw
Which one of the following is an assumption required by the researcher’s argument?
Necessary Assumption
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
Necessary Assumption
Which of the following is an assumption made by the author?
Necessary Assumption
Which one of the following is an assumption that the argument above makes?
Necessary Assumption
An assumption made in the argument is that there are no
Necessary Assumption
The reason given for the structure of the Security Council assumes that
Necessary Assumption
Which one of the following must the television station assume in order to conclude that the plan will meet it’s stated purpose?
Necessary Assumption
Which one of the following is an assumption that would allow the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
Sufficient Assumption
The test results would provide the proof that the manufacturer claims they do if which one of the following is assumed?
Sufficient Assumption
Which of the following enables the conclusion above to follow logically?
Sufficient Assumption
Which one of the following is a reasoning error made in the argument?
Flaw
Which one of the following is a flaw in the broadcaster’s defense of the radio station’s practice?
Flaw
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
Flaw
The author of the book review commits which one of the following reasoning errors?
Flaw
Sid’s argument is questionable in that it
Flaw
The inference drawn above is unwarranted because
Flaw
The attorney’s argument is fallacious because it reasons that
Flaw
The argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that it
Flaw
Which one of the following is the logically strongest counter that Joe can make?
Strengthen/Weaken
Which one of the following, if true, would cast the most doubt on the argument above?
Strengthen/Weaken
Which one of the following statements, if added to the argument, most helps to justify its conclusion?
Strengthen/Weaken
Which one of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that current enforcement of automobile- emission standards might be ineffective in controlling overall pollutant levels?
Strengthen/Weaken
Which one of the following, if true, would most call into question the analysts’ explanation of the price increase?
Strengthen/Weaken
The statements above, if true, most support which one of the following?
Inference
If all of the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?
Inference
Which one of the following inferences is most strongly supported by the rules described above?
Inference
Which one of the following most logically completes the passage?
Inference
Each of the following is supported by the information above EXCEPT:
Inference
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
Inference
The passage above best supports which one of the following conclusions about people who diet to lose weight?
Inference
On the basis of their statements, Ilana and Gustav are committed to disagreeing over whether
Point at Issue
Antonio and Marla disagree over
Point at Issue
The point at issue between Aaron and Belinda is whether
Point at Issue
Azadeh’s and Ben’s statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about whether
Point at Issue
The main issue in dispute between Francis and Sharon is
Point at Issue
Which of the following propositions conforms to the statements above?
ID Principle
Which of the following generalizations conforms to the situation above?
ID Principle
Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the passage?
ID Principle
The information above conforms most closely to which one of the following principles?
ID Principle
The reasoning above conforms most closely to which one of the following propositions?
Principle-Assumption
The reasoning above conforms most closely to which one of the following propositions?
Principle-Assumption
Mr. Smith’s daughter’s decision conforms to which one of the following principles?
Principle-Assumption
Which of the following best expresses the principle that underlies the argument above?
Principle-Assumption
Which one of the following principles, if established, provides a basis for the advocate’s argument?
Principle-Strengthen
Which one of the following principles, if valid, justifies the archaeologist’s argument?
Principle-Strengthen
Which one of the following principles, if established, provides the strongest justification for the department chair’s refusal, on the ground she gives, to sign the protest letter?
Principle-Strengthen
Which one of the following, if true, most justifies the stated application of the principle?
Principle-Strengthen
Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle cited above?
Apply Principle
Which one of the following is an application of the politician’s principle of taxation?
Apply Principle
The principle above, if valid, most justifies which one of the following judgments?
Apply Principle
Which one of the following best illustrates the principle illustrated by the argument above?
Parallel Principle
Of the following, which one illustrates a principle that is most similar to the principle illustrated by the passage?
Parallel Principle
Which one of the following, if true, does the most to reconcile the apparent conflict in the moral system described above?
Paradox
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the difference in the ages of the cedars on cliff faces and those in forests?
Paradox
Each of the following, if true, helps to resolve the apparent conflict in the passage EXCEPT:
Paradox
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why raisins contain more iron per calorie than do grapes?
Paradox
Each of the following, if true, could explain the decrease described above EXCEPT:
Paradox
Which one of the following provides a resolution to the apparent inconsistency described by the council member?
Paradox