LR Questions Strategies

Question 1

1. Look for conditional statements
2. Pay close attention to logical force of the propositions
   3a. If conditional statements, diagram and anticipate CP and/or transitive conclusions
   3b. If no conditionals, look for other relationships between the statements

Anticipate: WEAK answer choice

Answer 1

MBT

Question 2

COMMON FEATURES OF INCORRECT

• Converse or inverse
• Statements that are too strong
• Statements outside the scope of the stim
• Causes or explanations for phenomena discussed in the stim
• Hypotheses about the future or what would have happened if something changed

Answer 2

MBT

Question 3

1. Look for conditional statements
2. Pay close attention to the logical force of the propositions
   3a. If conditional statements (RARE): diagram and anticipate CP and/or transitive conclusions
   3b. If no conditional statements: look for relationships between the statements

Anticipate: WEAK answer choice
Anticipate: Summary of the stimulus

Answer 3

~MBT

Question 4

CRITERIA FOR CORRECT ANSWER

-Very strongly supported by the information in the stimulus BUT doesn’t necessarily absolutely need to be true

Answer 4

~MBT

Question 5

COMMON FEATURES OF INCORRECT ANSWERS

• Converse/inverse
• Statements that are too strong
• Statements that are outside the scope of the stim
• Causes or explanations for phenomena discussed in the stim
• Hypotheses about the future or what would have happened if something changed

Answer 5

~MBT

Question 6

CRITERIA FOR CORRECT ANSWER

Definitively proven true by the info in the stim (incorrect answers could be false)

Answer 6

MBT

Question 7

1. Look for conditional statements
2. Pay close attention to the logical force
   3a. If conditional -> diagram them and anticipate an answer choice that disagrees with (violates) a valid conditional
   3b. If no conditional -> look for other relationships between the statements and anticipate an answer choice that would violate these relationships

ANTICIPATE: An answer choice that violates a conditional or violates the relationships between the statements in the stim

Answer 7

MBF

Question 8

CRITERIA FOR CORRECT ANSWER

-Definitely proven false by the statements in the stimulus

Answer 8

MBF

Question 9

COMMON INCORRECT ANSWERS

• Statements that could be true based on the stim, even if they are unlikely
• Statements that are too strong
• Statements that are outside the scope of the stim
• Causes or explanations for phenomena discussed in the stim
• Hypotheses about the future or what would have happened if something changed

Answer 9

MBF

Question 10

1. Look for key words that indicate premises and conclusions
2. Look for words that indicate a shift in attitude (but, however)
3. Look for evaluative statements that indicate AA
4. Do not waste time evaluating the validity of the argument

Answer 10

Main Point

Question 11

CRITERIA FOR CORRECT ANSWER

-The main conclusion of the argument

Answer 11

Main Point

Question 12

COMMON CORRECT ANSWERS

• Expressions of the author’s attitude or prescriptive statements (should, ought)
• A statement that is supported by premises but that does not itself support anything

Answer 12

Main Point

Question 13

COMMON INCORRECT ANSWERS

• Statements that do not need to be true
• Premises, subsidiary conclusions

Answer 13

Main Point