LR Question Types Flashcards
Must Be True
Asks you to identify the answer choice that is best proven by the information in the stimulus - the stimulus often does not contain a conclusion.
Most Strongly Supported
Asks you to use the information in the stimulus to prove one of the answers as decisively as possible - the stimulus often does not contain a conclusion.
Main Point
Asks you to find the primary conclusion made by the author - the stimulus must contain a conclusion.
Point at Issue
Requires you to identify a point of contention between two speakers - the stimulus appears almost exclusively with two speakers.
Point of Agreement
Requires you to identify a point of agreement between two speakers - the stimulus appears almost exclusively with two speakers.
Assumption (Necessary Assumption)
Asks you to identify an assumption of the author’s argument.
Justify the Conclusion (Sufficient Assumption)
Asks you to supply a piece of information that, when added to the premises, proves the conclusion.
Strengthen/Support
Asks you to select the answer choice that provides support for the author’s argument or strengthens it in some way.
Resolve the Paradox
Every stimulus contains a discrepancy or seeming contradiction in which you must find the answer choice that best resolves the situation.
Weaken
Asks you to attack or undermine the author’s argument.
Method of Reasoning
Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the way in which the author made hir or her argument.
Flaw in the Reasoning
Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the error of reasoning committed by the author.
Parallel Reasoning
Ask you to identify the answer choice that contains reasoning most similar in structure to the reasoning presented in the stimulus.
Evaluate the Argument
You must decide which answer choice will allow you to determine the logical validity of the argument.
Cannot Be True
Asks you to identify the answer chioce that cannot be true or is most weakened based on the inforamtion in the stimulus.
