Powerful Question Road Map:

Question 1

Strengthen:

Answer 1

Correct Ans: The most powerful thing you can find to help the argument’s conclusion.

Back-Up Plan: Does this make the conclusion more like to the be true?

Question stem Keywords: Strengthen; Most helps to; Justify/Strengthen/ Support.

Question 2

Weaken:

Answer 2

Correct Ans: The most powerful thing you van find to destroy the argument’s conclusion.

Back up plan: Does this make the conclusion less likely to be true,

Question stem Keywords: Weaken; most undermines conclusion.

Question 3

Sufficient Assumption (SA)

Answer 3

Correct Ans: The most powerful thing you can find to prove the conclusion 100% valid.

Back up plan: If this true, is the argument 100% valid?

Question Stem Keywords:
- Enable the conclusion to be properly drawn/the conclusion follows logically if.

• Justify the conclusion.

Question 4

Counter

Answer 4

Correct Ans: The most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy the second speaker’s argument.

Back up plan: is this something the first speaker would say and does it hurt the second speaker’s argument?

Question Stem Keywords: counter; in response to.

Question 5

Contradiction:

Answer 5

Correct Ans: The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

Back up plan: Does this contradict the stimulus?

Question Stem Keywords: cannot be true; violate the principle; could be true EXPECT,

Question 6

Evaluate

Answer 6

Correct Ans: A powerful pop quiz for the argument’s validity.

Back up plan: Is this crucial for the argument’s validity?

Question Stem Keywords: Evaluate the argument; Most helpful to know/ relevant to evaluating.

Question 7

Resolution

Answer 7

Correct Ans: The most powerful thing you can find to make the Paradox make sense

Back up plan: Does this Paradox make sense?

Question Stem Keywords:

• Most helps to explain/ resolve/ account for.
• Discrepancy/ Paradox/ Surprising results.

Question 8

SW SCCER (What does this mean?)

Answer 8

• Strenghrn
• Weaken
• Sufficient assumption
• Counter
• Contradiction
• Evaluate
• Resolution

Question 9

Powerful Ans choices:

Answer 9

• They contain create details that link new information directly to the stimulus.
• They are strongly worded,
• They make the Stimulus more valid or less valid.
• They amount an attack or Stage a defense.

Question 10

Provable ans choices:

Answer 10

• They are Straightforward.
• They are easy to prove.
• Furthermore, there are two ways an answer choice can be provable.