LSAT Q STEMS Flashcards by Victoria Starrett

Most helps to support (the conclusion) - NOT MSS

strengthen - powerful

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most undermines the conclusion

weaken - powerful

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the conclusion follows logically if (proves the conclusions 100%)

sufficient assumption - powerful

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enables the conclusion to be properly drawn (proves the conclusion 100%)

sufficient assumption - powerful

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in response to

counter - powerful

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most helpful to know

evaluate - powerful

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most helps to explain the paradox

resolution - powerful

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main point

conclusion - provable

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must be true

inference - provable

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properly inferred (the thing you can prove definitely must be true)

inference- provable

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properly drawn/ properly concluded / follows logically (the thing you can prove definitely must be true)

inference- provable

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most strongly suggested

Most strongly supported (MSS)- provable

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point of agreement

agreement- provable

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assumes (need this for the conclusion to make sense)

necessary assumption- provable

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the conclusion does not follow unless (need this for the conclusion to make sense)

necessary assumption- provable

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the argument assumes which one (need this for the conclusion to make sense)

necessary assumption- provable

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necessary/depends/required

necessary assumption- provable

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the argument proceeds by

method- provable

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describes

method- provable

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person 2 responds by (in debates NOT COUNTER)

method (in debates)- provable

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strategy of argumentation (in debates)

method (in debates)- provable

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role in the argument

argument part- provable

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the reference to_____

argument part- provable

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most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it ________(general)

classic flaw- provable

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most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that__________(specific to the argument)

loophole flaw- provable

a provable translation of the conclusion

conclusion

The thing you can prove definitely must be true

inference

The thing you can prove is very very likely to be true

MSS

The thing you can prove will fill in the blank and complete the author's thought

fill in

the thing you can prove the two speakers diagree about

controversy

the thing you can prove the two speakers agree about

agreement

The thing you can prove must be true if the conclusion is true

necessary assumption

The thing that is assumed in the argument

necessary assumption

A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

method

a provable description of what a specific phrase is doing in the argument

argument part

a provable description of what the argument did wrong

Classic Flaw

a provable description of how the argument overlooked your loophole

loophole flaw

The most powerful thing you can find to help the argument's conclusion

strengthen

the most powerful things you can find to destroy the argument's conclusion

weaken

The most powerful thing you can find to prove the conclusion 100% valid

Sufficient assumption

The most powerful thing you can find to prove the conclusion 100%

sufficient assumption

The most powerful thing speak 1 could say to destroy speaker 2's argument

counter

a powerful pop quiz for the validity of the argument

evaluate

The most powerful thing you can find to make the paradox make sense

resolution

Back Up Plan - Strengthen

Does this make the conclusion more likely to be true?

Back Up Plan - Weaken

Does this make the conclusion less likely to be true?

Back Up Plan - sufficient assumption

does this prove the argument 100%?

Back Up Plan - Counter

Is this something speaker 1 would say? does it work against speaker 2's argument?

Back Up Plan - Contradiction

Does this contradict the author's stmulus?

Back Up Plan - Evaluate

Is this crucial for the argument's validity? Do we need this for the argument to be true?

Back Up Plan - Resolution

Does this make the paradox make sense?

Back Up Plan - Conclusion

Is this a translation of the conclusion?

Back Up Plan - Inference

Does this have to be true?

Back Up Plan -MSS

Does this pretty much have to be true in most cases?

Back up plan - fill in

Does this have to be true?

Back up Plan - controversy

What do the speakers disagree on AND does speaker 1 have to believe this is true/false? Does speaker 2 have to believe this is true/false?

Back up Plan - Agreement

What doe the speakers both believe is true?

Back up Plan - Necessary Assumption

If the conclusion is true, does this have to be true? Does this enable the conclusion to be true?

Back up Plan - Method

Did this happen?

Back Up Plan - Argument Part

Is this what the phrase is doing?

Back up Plan - Classic Flaw

Is this what's wrong with the argument?

Back up plan - loophole flaw

in response to something the argument overlooks - is it bad that the argument overlooked this?