Stem Type Identification and "True" Translation Flashcards

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following indicates a weakness in the position expressed above?

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Methods of Reasoning: Error of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage employs which one of the following argumentative strategies?

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument EXCEPT?

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Bizzaro Weaken

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Identify the Stem Type:
The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The pattern of reasoning displayed above is most closely paralleled in which one of the following?

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Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The answer to each of the following questions would be helpful in evaluating the representatives’ claim EXCEPT:

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Bizarro Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the main point of the passage as a whole?

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially weakens the argument?

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Weakens

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
The main point of the passage is that instituting real law consists in

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following best completes the passage?

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Argument Completion

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following inferences is most supported by the information above?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
The phrase “certain traits like herding ability risk being lost among pedigreed dogs” serves which one of the following functions in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following sentences best expresses the main point of the passage?

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the example presented in the passage?

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Illustration

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Identify the Stem Type:
The main conclusion of the argument is that

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
In order to advance her point of view, the author does all of the following EXCEPT

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Bizarro Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is most closely parallel in its reasoning to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The claim that a university should not be entitled to patent the inventions of its faculty members plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
A reasoning error in the argument is that the argument

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The claim that manufacturers manipulate and create consumer demand plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
The statement that the car Peter took got damaged and the car Alicia took did not plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
As a rebuttal of Giselle’s argument, Antoine’s response is ineffective because

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
In the passage, the author does which one of the following?

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following exhibits both of the logical flaws exhibited in the argument above?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
An error of reasoning of the same kind as one contained in the passage is present in each of EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The logical structure of the argument above is most similar to which one of the following?

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Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The answer to which one of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the truth of the conclusion drawn in the advertisement?

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Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following identifies a problem with the programming director’s decision process?

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The statements above, if true, would provide the strongest support for which one of the following hypotheses?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following best illustrates the proposition above?

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Illustration

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Identify the Stem Type:
The statements above most strongly support which one of the following conclusions?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following conclusions is most supported by the information above?

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Must Be True

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If all the statements in the passage are true and if it is also true that a bookstore does not cater to mass tastes, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

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Cannot Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
In the passage, the author

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The claim that doctoral dissertations should not be required in the humanities plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most helps account for the apparent contradiction above?

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Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if established, could most logically serve as the principle appealed to in the argument countering the critics’ claim?

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Principle (Must Be True)

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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage is structured to lead to which one of the following conclusions?

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Must Be True (Main Point?)

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Identify the Stem Type:
The statements above, if true, most seriously undermine which one of the following assertions?

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Cannot Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Mary’s decision most closely accords with which one of the following principles?

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Principle (Illustration)

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Identify the Stem Type:
If Murrray and Jane are both sincere in what they say, then it can properly be concluded that they agree that

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Argument Exchange: Point of Agreement

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following bet expresses the main point of the passage?

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
The cases described by the psychologist illustrate each of the following generalizations EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Illustration

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following best completes the argument?

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Argument Completion

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following argumentative strategies is used above?

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
In which one of the following does the reasoning most closely parallel that employed in the passage?

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Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning used in the passage?

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Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the main point of the passage?

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
If the considerations advanced in its support are true, the passage’s conclusion is supported

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Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is a flaw in the argument?

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Mark’s response shows that he interpreted Terry’s remarks to mean that

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Misinterpretation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one the following relies on a questionable technique most similar to that used in Harold’s reply to Genevieve?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
If all the statements in the passage are true, then which one of the following must also be true?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments contains a flaw that is most similar to one in the argument above?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Clarification of which one of the following issues would be most important to an evaluation of the skeptics’ position?

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Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles, if established, would provide the strongest backing for the argument?

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Principle (Strengthen)

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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage, if seen as an objection to an antecedent claim, challenges that claim by

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
A major flaw in the reasoning is that it

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following can be inferred from the information in the passage EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following issues would be LEAST important to resolve in evaluating the argument?

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Bizzaro Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles provides the most appropriate completion of the argument?

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Argument Completion (Principle)

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Identify the Stem Type:
Those who view is described above hold inconsistent beliefs if they also believe that

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Cannot Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the apparent discrepancy noted above?

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Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
Sims does which one of the following?

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following would be most important to know in evaluating the hypothesis in the passage?

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Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following has a logical structure most like that of the argument above?

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Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Arthur’s criticism suggest that he interpreted Marta to be

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Argument Exchange: Misinterpretation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following accurately describes something Senator Strongwood does in advancing his argument?

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the paradox?

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Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
The point at issue between Jones and Smith is

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Argument Exchange: Point at Issue

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The statement that burglar alarm systems, unlike car alarm systems, are effective in deterring burglaries plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

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Weaken

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is most parallel in its reasoning to the flawed reasoning above?

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Flawed Paralell Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
A major weakness of the argument is that it

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The statement that the law should require explicit safety labels on toys serves which one of the following functions in the consumer advocate’s argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, could by itself adequately explain the unexpected finding reported in the passage?

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Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
The reasoning in the argument is not sound because it fails to establish that

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Alia and Martha disagree on whether

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Argument Exchange: Point At Issue

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Identify the Stem Type:
The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is LEAST similar to that in which one of the following?

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Bizarro Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the most accurate evaluation of the government’s reply?

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Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
That homelessness is a serious social problem figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles most helps to justify the naturalists’ argumentation?

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Principle (Strengthen)

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Identify the Stem Type:
Victor’s response does not succeed as a rebuttal of Lenore’s argument because his response

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, best reconciles the discrepancy described above?

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Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, supports the conclusion in the passage?

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Strengthen

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the statements below follows logically from the statements in the passage?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following identifies a reasoning error in the passage?

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments contains an error of reasoning similar to that in the argument above?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The advertisement is misleading if which one of the following is true?

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Weaken

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Identify the Stem Type:
On the basis of their statements, Shanna and Jorge are committed to disagreeing about the truth of which one of the following statements?

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Argument Exchange: Point at Issue

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Identify the Stem Type:
If it is concluded from the statements above that automobile theft has been reduced by the program, which one of the following would it be most important to answer in evaluating that conclusion?

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Argument Evaluation

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Identify the Stem Type:
In stating the argument, the author does which one of the following?

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, does most to justify this apparently paradoxical belief?

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Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument?

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Strengthen

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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following would, by itself, help to resolve the apparent paradox described in the passage EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Paradox

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Identify the Stem Type:
A questionable technique used in the argument is to

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
If all of the claims offered in support of the conclusion are accurate, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:

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Cannot Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, in its logical features, most closely parallels the reasoning used in the passage?

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Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Olaf’s reply suggests that he misinterprets Charlene’s use of the term

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Argument Exchange: Misinterpretation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning in the argument above?

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Parallel Reasoning

103
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most clearly identifies an error in the author’s reasoning?

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is a questionable technique used in the argument?

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Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
The argument counters the objection by

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Methods of Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage?

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Main Point

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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following, if true, would support the conclusion above EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Stregthen

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, indicates that the criticism of Yasukawa’s research is based on a misunderstanding of it?

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Misinterpretation

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle cited above?

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Principle (Illustration)

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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following, if true, provides support to the argument EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Strengthen

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following logically completes the argument?

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Argument Completion

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is a point at issue between the nutritionist and the consumer advocate?

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Argument Exchange: Point at Issue

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Identify the Stem Type:
The disagreement between the two paleontologists is over which one of the following?

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Argument Exchange: Point at Issue

114
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning that most closely parallels the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

115
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Identify the Stem Type:
If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred?

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Must Be True

116
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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage best illustrates which one of the following statements about science?

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Illustration

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Identify the Stem Type:
The argument is flawed because it overlooks each of the following possibilities EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Errors in Reasoning

118
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each one of the following, if true, helps to explain the apparent discrepancy EXCEPT:

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Bizzaro Paradox

119
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Identify the Stem Type:
The statement that adolescents and adults are not the same plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Argument Structure

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following conflicts with information in the passage?

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Cannot Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the statements above?

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Illustration

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?

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Must Be True

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most appropriately completes the explanation?

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Argument Completion

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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments is flawed in a way most similar to the way in which the passage is flawed?

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Flawed Parallel Reasoning

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Identify the Stem Type:
A flaw in the argument is that the author

A

Errors in Reasoning

126
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the conclusion above?

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Weaken

127
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if it were determined to be true, would provide the best evidence that the journal’s decision will have the desired effect?

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Strengthen

128
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Identify the Stem Type:
The student has most likely misinterpreted the professor’s remark to imply that

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Misinterpretation

129
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one the following is best illustrated by the statements above?

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Illustration

130
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles, if accepted, would provide the most justification for the conclusion?

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Principle (Strengthen)

131
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the most accurate assessment of the advertising sales director’s argument as a response to the magazine editor’s argument?

A

Argument Evaluation

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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following statements can be true?

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C: Could be true
I: Cannot be true

133
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each one of the following can be true EXCEPT:

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C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

134
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Given the information in the passage which one of the following must be false?

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C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

135
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following statements must be false?

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C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

136
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following can be inferred from the information in the passage EXCEPT:

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C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true

137
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following could be false EXCEPT:

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C: Must be true
I: Not necessarily true

138
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following CANNOT be true?

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C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

139
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following statements can be false?

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C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true

140
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TRUE v. FALSE:
If the statements on which the conclusion above is based are all true, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:

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C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

141
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following statements conflicts with the letter writer’s view EXCEPT:

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C: Could be true
I: Cannot be true

142
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TRUE v. FALSE:
If all the statements in the passage are true, each of the following must also be true EXCEPT:

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C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true

143
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TRUE v. FALSE:
The claims made above are compatible with each of the following EXCEPT:

A

C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

144
Q

TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following conflicts with information in the passage?

A

C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true

145
Q

TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following statements must be true EXCEPT:

A

C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true