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Which one of the following, if true does most to explain the surprising result?

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Resolution question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

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Which one of the following, if true, most helps resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

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Resolution question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?

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Resolution question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

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Which one of the following, if true, helps resolve the apparent conflict described above?

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Resolution question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

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Which one of the following would it be most helpful to know in order to judge whether what the scientist subsequently learned called into question the Hypothesis?

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Evaluate/crux question
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Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

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The answer to which one of the following would be the most helpful in determining whether Williams argument could be logically defended against Mariana’s objection?

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Evaluate/crux
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Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

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The answer to which one of the following question is most relevant to evaluating the conclusion drawn above?

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Evaluate/crux question
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Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

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Which one of the following would it be most relevant to investigate and evaluating the conclusion of the argument?

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Evaluate/crux question
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Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

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If the statement above our true, then on the basis of them which one of the following cannot be true?

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Contradiction/must be false
Powerful

The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

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If the statement above are true, each of the following could be true except:

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Contradiction/must be false
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The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

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If the information above, if accurate, can best be used as evidence against which one of the following hypothesis?

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Contradiction /must be false
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The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

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Which one of the following, If true, strongest counter Lila can make Timothy’s objection?

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Counter question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy second speakers argument

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Which one of the following, if true, would provide Cena with the strongest counter to Gabriel‘s response?

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Counter question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy second speakers argument.

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The conclusion about follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

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Sufficient assumption
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to prove conclusion 100% valid

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The arguments conclusion can be drawn properly if which one of the following is assumed?

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Sufficient assumption
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to prove conclusion 100% valid

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Which one of the following is an assumption that would allow the conclusion about to be properly drawn?

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Sufficient assumption
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to prove conclusion 100% valid

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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to strengthen the argument?

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Strengthen question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

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Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

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Strengthen question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

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Which one of the following principles, if valid, most strongly supports the reasoning above?

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Strengthen question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

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Which one of the following principles, if Relied, most helps to justify the reasoning in the argument?

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Strengthen question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

Keywords:

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Which one of the following, if true, most seriously Weakens the argument above?

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Weaken Question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to destroy arguments conclusion

Keywords: Weaken, Most undermines the conclusion, attack, refute, argue against, calls into question, cast doubt, challenge, damage, counter.

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Which one of the following, if true, most tends to undermine the argument?

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Weaken Question
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Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to destroy arguments conclusion

Keywords: Weaken, Most undermines the conclusion, attack, refute, argue against, call into question, cost doubt, challenge, damage, counter.

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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

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Conclusion or main point question
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Correct answer: a provable translation of conclusion

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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?

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Conclusion or main point question
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Correct answer: a provable translation of the conclusion

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If the statement above is true, which of the following must also be true?
Inference question Must be true question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true Provable answer
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Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?
Inference question Must be true question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true Provable answer
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Which one of the following can Properly be concluded from the information given above?
Inference question Must be true question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true Provable answer
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Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?
Inference question Must be true question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true Provable answer
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If the statements above are true? Which one of the following is an inference that can be properly drawn on the basis of them?
Inference question Must be true question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true Provable answer
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Which of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?
Most strongly supported question Provable Correct answer: the thing that you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true Keyword: most strongly supported Most strongly suggested
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The statement above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
Most strongly supported question Provable Correct answer: the thing that you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true Keyword: most strongly supported Most strongly suggested
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The information above provides the most support for which one of the following statements?
Most strongly supported question Provable Correct answer: the thing that you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true Keyword: most strongly supported Most strongly suggested
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Which one of the following most logical completes the argument?
Inference/fill in question - With extra guidance Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove completes the authors thought. Keywords: complete/concludes A blank at the end of the stimulus
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The conclusion of the argument is strongly supported if which one of the following completes the argument?
Inference/fill in question - With extra guidance Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove completes the authors thought. Keywords: complete/concludes A blank at the end of the stimulus
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Max and Sherine disagree over whether
Controversy/disagree question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion
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The statements above provide the most support for holding that Sandra would disagree with Yuly about which one of the following statements?
Controversy/disagree question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion
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Which one of the following is the point at issue between Aubrey and Ty?
Controversy/disagree question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion
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The exchange between JT and Carolina most strongly supports the view that they disagree as to
Controversy/disagree question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion
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On the basis of their statements, Jim and Pam are committed to agreeing about which one of the following?
Agreement question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove the two speakers agree about Question stem keywords: agree on, point of agreement, committed to agreeing.
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If Rita and Hannah are both sincere and what they say, they can be properly concluded that they agree that
Agreement question Provable Correct answer: the thing you can prove the two speakers agree about Question stem keywords: agree on, point of agreement, committed to agreeing.
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The argument assumes which one of the following?
Necessary assumption question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true. Use LOOPHOLE Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption The conclusion does not follow unless The argument assumes which one 
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Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?
Necessary assumption question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true. Use LOOPHOLE Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption The conclusion does not follow unless The argument assumes which one
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Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
Necessary assumption question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true. Use LOOPHOLE Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption The conclusion does not follow unless The argument assumes which one
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The argument depends on assuming that
Necessary assumption question Provable Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true. Use LOOPHOLE Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption The conclusion does not follow unless The argument assumes which one
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Which one of the following most accurately describes how the argument proceeds?
Method question Describe question Method of reasoning question  Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)
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Of the following, Which one is most accurately describes Tom’s strategy of argumentation?
Method question Describe question Method of reasoning question Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)
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The relationship of Dennis’s response to Malcolm’s argument is that Dennis’s response
Method question Describe question Method of reasoning question Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)
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Wendell response to Dominic’s argument by
Method question Describe question Method of reasoning question Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)
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The reference to the complaint of several centuries ago that powerful memory and extemporaneous eloquence were being destroyed please which one of the following rules in the argument?
Argument part question Provable Correct answer choice: approvable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument Question stem keywords: role in the argument, functions in the argument, argument part, the reference to/the statement that, quoting a phrase from the stimulus. 
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The statement that the law should require explicit safety labels on toys serves which one of the following functions in the consumer advocates argument?
Argument part question Provable Correct answer choice: approvable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument Question stem keywords: role in the argument, functions in the argument, argument part, the reference to/the statement that, quoting a phrase from the stimulus.
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The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
Classic flaw question Provable Answer choice: look for approval description of what the argument did wrong Keywords: flaw/flawed, most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it, questionable technique employed, the reasoning in the argument/the reasoning above.
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Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the reasoning of the argument?
Classic flaw question Provable Answer choice: look for approval description of what the argument did wrong Keywords: flaw/flawed, most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it, questionable technique employed, the reasoning in the argument/the reasoning above.
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Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?
Classic flaw question Provable Answer choice: look for approval description of what the argument did wrong Keywords: flaw/flawed, most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it, questionable technique employed, the reasoning in the argument/the reasoning above.
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Discolors reasoning is flawed because the scholar presumes without giving sufficient justification that
Loophole flaw question Provable Question stem keyword: most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that + {Loophole flaw prefix} Loophole flaw prefix: Mistakenly assumes, fails to consider/establish, presumed without providing sufficient justification, takes for granted, overlooks the possibility that Correct answer choice: approvable description of how argument overlooked the loophole.
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The reasoning in the researchers argument is questionable in that the argument overlooks the possibility that
Loophole flaw question Provable Question stem keyword: most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that + {Loophole flaw prefix} Loophole flaw prefix: Mistakenly assumes, fails to consider/establish, presumed without providing sufficient justification, takes for granted, overlooks the possibility that Correct answer choice: approvable description of how argument overlooked the loophole.
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The advertisement reasoning is most wanna able to criticism on the ground that it feels to consider whether
Loophole flaw question Provable Question stem keyword: most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that + {Loophole flaw prefix} Loophole flaw prefix: Mistakenly assumes, fails to consider/establish, presumed without providing sufficient justification, takes for granted, overlooks the possibility that Correct answer choice: approvable description of how argument overlooked the loophole.
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Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle Illustrated above?
Principal conform question Provable Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example 
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Which one of the following prepositions is best illustrated by situation described in the passage?
Principal conform question Provable Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example
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The reasoning above Conforms most closely to which one of the following prepositions?
Principal conform question Provable Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example
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Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the passage?
Principal conform question Provable Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example
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Which one of the following arguments exhibit flawed reasoning that is most parallel to that in the argument above?
Parallel flaw question Provable Question stem keywords: parallel, Pattern of reasoning, flawed/Dubious/questionable, Faulty, analogy Answer choice: AC will have same flaw as the stimulus.
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The flawed reasoning in which one of the following arguments most closely resembles the flawed reasoning in the argument above?
Parallel flaw question Provable Question stem keywords: parallel, Pattern of reasoning, flawed/Dubious/questionable, Faulty, analogy Answer choice: AC will have same flaw as the stimulus.
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Which one of the following is most appropriate as an analogy demonstrating that the reasoning in the argument above is flawed?
Parallel flaw question Provable Question stem keywords: parallel, Pattern of reasoning, flawed/Dubious/questionable, Faulty, analogy Answer choice: AC will have same flaw as the stimulus.

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