Provable Questions Flashcards
Conclusion (Correct Answer)
A provable translation of the conclusion
Conclusion (Back-up Plan)
Is this a translation of the conclusion?
Conclusion (Question Stem Keywords)
- Main point
- Main conclusion
Inference (Correct Answer)
The thing you can prove definitely must be true
Inference (Back-up Plan)
Does this have to be true?
Inference (Question Stem Keywords)
- Must be true / follows logically
- Inference
- Properly inferred / properly be concluded / properly drawn
Most Strongly Supported (Correct Answer)
The thing you can prove is very. very, very likely to be true
Most Strongly Supported (Back-up Plan)
Does this pretty much have to be true?
Most Strongly Supported (Question Stem Keywords)
-Most strongly supported/suggests
Fill-in (Correct Answer)
The thing you can prove completes the author’s thought
Fill-in (Back-up Plan)
Does this have to be true?
Fill-in (Question Stem Keywords)
- Completes/Concludes
- A blank at the end of the stimulus
Controversy (Correct Answer)
The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about
Controversy (Back-up Plan)
Does the first speaker have to believe this is true/false? Does the second speaker have to believe this is false/true?
Controversy (Question Stem Keywords)
- Point at issue
- Point of disagreement
- Disagree
- Differing opinions
Agreement (Correct Answer)
The thing you can prove the two speakers agree about
Agreement (Back-up Plan)
Do both speakers have to believe this?
Agreement (Question Stem Keywords)
- Agree on
- Point of Agreement
- Committed to agreeing
Necessary Assumption (Correct Answer)
The thing you can prove must be true, if the conclusion is true
Necessary Assumption (Back-up Plan)
If the conclusion is true, does this have to be true?
Necessary Assumption (Question Stem Keywords)
- Necessary / depends / required / relies
- Assumes / assumption
- The conclusion does not follow unless
- The argument assumes which one
Method (Correct Answer)
A provable description of what happened in the stimulus
Method (Back-up Plan)
Did this happen?
Method (Question Stem Keywords)
- Argument proceeds by
- Describes
- Argumentative Technique / Method of Reasoning / Strategy of Argumentation
- Responds by (in Debates)
Argument Part (Correct Answer)
A provable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument
Argument Part (Back-up Plan)
Is this what the phrase is doing?
Argument Part (Question Stem Keywords)
- Role in the argument / Functions in the argument
- Argument Part
- The reference to / the statement that
Classic Flaw (Correct Answer)
A provable description of what the argument did wrong
Classic Flaw (Back-up Plan)
is this what’s wrong with the argument
Classic Flaw (Question Stem Keywords)
- Flaw/flawed
- Most vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it
- Questionable technique employed
Loophole Flaw (Correct Answer)
A provable description of how the argument overlooked your loophole
Loophole Flaw (Back-up Plan)
Was it bad that the argument overlooked this?
Loophole Flaw (Question Stem Keywords)
Most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it + [Loophole Flaw prefix]
Principle Conform (Correct Answer)
Matching Example OR Matching Principle
Principle Conform (Back-up Plan)
Does this embody the principle OR does this underlie the example?
Principle Conform (Question Stem Keywords)
- Principle / propositions
- Most closely conforms
- Illustrate
- Situation / Example
Parallel Reasoning (Correct Answer)
The answer that is built around the same skeleton as the stimulus
Parallel Reasoning (Back-up Plan)
Does this match the stimulus?
Parallel Reasoning (Question Stem Keywords)
- Parallel
- Most similar
- Pattern of reasoning
- Analogy
Parallel Flaw (Correct Answer)
The answer the exhibits the same flaw as the stimulus
Parallel Flaw (Back-up Plan)
Does this match the flaw in the stimulus?
Parallel Flaw (Question Stem Keywords)
- Parallel
- Flawed/Dubious
- Pattern of reasoning
- Analogy
