Powerful Question Types

Question 1

Weaken

Answer 1

The most powerful thing you can find to destroy the argument’s conclusion.

Keywords:
- which of the following, if true
- weaken
- most undermines the conclusion
- most vulnerable
- count as evidence against
- calls into question

Question 2

Strengthen

Answer 2

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

• which of the following, if true
• strengthen
• most helps to justify/strengthen/support

Question 3

Sufficient Assumption (SA)

Answer 3

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

• which of the following if true/assumed
• enable the conclusion to be properly drawn/justify the conclusion
• the conclusion follows logically if
  -IT AIN’T SA IF THE QUESTION STEM HAS THE WORD ‘MOST’ IN IT

Question 4

Counter

Answer 4

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

• which one of the following, if true
• counter
• in response to

Question 5

Contradiction

Answer 5

The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus.

• if the statements above are true
• cannot be true
• violate the principle
• could be true EXCEPT

Question 6

Evaluate

Answer 6

A powerful pop quiz for the argument’s validity.

• the answer to which of the following questions
• which of the following, if true
• evaluate the argument/the conclusion
• most helpful to know/relevant to evaluating

Question 7

Resolution

Answer 7

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

• which one of the following, if true
• most helps to explain/resolve/account for
  -discrepancy/paradox/conflict/surprising result