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19 Cards in this Set
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The 16 types of LSAT LR questions are... |
Find the Flaw Find the Assumption Match the Flaw Sufficient Assumption Supporting Principle Required Assumption Strengthen Weaken ID the Conclusion ID the Role ID the Argument Structure Match the Reasoning Inference Given an Example ID the Disagreement Explain a Discrepancy |
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Question says... "Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument?" "Which one of the following most accurately expression the conclusion of the argument?"
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ID the Conclusion |
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Question says... "The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that..." "Which of the following is an error in the reasoning?" |
Find the Flaw |
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Question says... "What does the argument assume?" |
Assumption |
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Question says... "Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning most similar to that in the argument above?" |
Match the Flaw |
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Question says... "Which of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion to be properly drawn?" |
Sufficient Assumption |
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Supporting Principle |
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Question says... "Which one of the following propositions is most precisely exemplified by the situation presented above?" |
Conform to a Principle |
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Question says... "The argument relies on which one of the following assumptions?" "Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?" |
Required Assumption |
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Question says... "The pattern of reasoning in which of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?" |
Match the Reasoning |
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Weaken |
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Question says...
Most strengthens Most strongly supports the argument |
Strengthen
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Question says... "The information above provides the most support for which of the following?" "______ Which of the following most logically completes the argument?" |
Inference |
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Question says... "Which one of the following most closely conforms to the principle that the passage above illustrates?" |
Give an Example |
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Question says... "X and Y's statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about..." "X and Y disagree over..." |
ID the Disagreement |
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Question says... "Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy described above?" "Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why...?" |
Explain the Discrepancy |
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Question says... "The reference to _____ plays which one of the following roles in the argument?" |
ID the Role |
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Question says... "X's argument does which of the following?" |
ID the Argument |
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The "Inference" task is...
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to find a statement that has to be true on the basis of passage information; note that these passages are often not arguments
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