LSAT Logical Reasoning Question Types Final Exam.

The 12 Argument Types - correct answer Assumption, Flaw, Inference, Main Point, Method of Argument, Paradox, Parallel, Points at Issue, Principle, Role, Strengthen, Weaken Question says... The main point is the main conclusion is the argument leads to the conclusion that statements commit X to the position that - correct answer Main point or conclusion Question says... the main point at issue is An issue in dispute is Are committed to disagreeing about Expresses a point of agreement - correct answer Point at Issue or Agree/Disagree Question says... the argument proceeds by a method of reasoning employed by the argument a technique of reasoning employed by the argument - correct answer ID Reasoning Question says... x responds by responds in which one of the following ways uses which one of the following techniques in countering - correct answer ID Response Question says... the role of the statement X in this argument is the statement X figures in the argument in which one of the following ways - correct answer Role of the Statement Question says... must also be true can most properly be concluded most strongly support the inference which of teh following conclusions can be properly drawn - correct answer Inference Question says... an assumption on which the argument depends is assumed by the argument is required in order for the conclusion to be properly drawn relies on the fact that - correct answer Assumption Question says... most seriously weakens the argument undermines the conclusion calls into question casts doubt upon conclusion would not follow if overlooks the possibility that - correct answer Weaken Question says... most strengthens most strongly supports the conclusion allows the conclusion to be properly drawn follows logically if which one of the following is assumed - correct answer Strengthen Question says... JUSTIFY:principle if established, would most help to justify principle provides the strongest support for the conclusion CONFORM: conforms to which one of the following generalizations reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles - correct answer Principle The "Main Point" task is... - correct answer to identify the argument's conslusion: what the person making the argument wants you to believe. In a "Main Point", analyze and apply by... - correct answer finding the conclusion, it it's explicitly state; if not, the opposite of the conclusion may be stated instead. In a "Main Point", avoid Choices that... - correct answer are worded more strongly than the argument; go beyond the conclusion; are premises of the argument. In a "Main Point", look for choices that... - correct answer bring the whole argument together; are specific rather than general. The "Point at Issue" task is... - correct answer to find a statement about which the participants in conversation definitely hold different opinions or, possibly, the same opinion. In a "Point at Issue", analyze and apply by... - correct answer finding the conclusion and premises for each participants argument; summarizing the exact thing they're arguing about. In a "Point at Issue", avoid Choices that... - correct answer pertain to one side of the conversation but not the other; rely on implication; answer the wrong question (agree rather than disagree). In a "Point at Issue", look for choices that... - correct answer pertain to what's explicitly stated; are clearly something about which the participants would say 'yes' or 'no'. The "Role of the Statement" task is to... - correct answer describe the indicated part of an argument in terms of its overall logical structure. In a "Role of the Statement", analyze and apply by... - correct answer finding the conclusion and the premises, then summarizing which of these two roles the statement plays; if neither, summarizing the relationship between the statement and the premises and conclusion. In a "Role of the Statement", avoid choices that... - correct answer do not match the argument closely; mistakenly identify the conclusion; mistakenly identify a statement as the main conclusion when its only a step in the argument's chain of reasoning. In a "Role of the Statement", look for choices that... - correct answer match the argument piece by piece; correctly describe the relationship between the indicated statement and the conclusion. The "Inference" task is... - correct answer to find a statement that has to be true on the basis of passage information; note that these passages are often not arguments. In a "Inference", analyze and apply by... - correct answer summarizing teh passage; if it seems to lead to a specific conclusion, you should find it before moving on; some may involve a series of related conditional statements that can be diagrammed. In a "Inference", avoid choices that... - correct answer are too strongly worded; use terms with no clear relationship to passage material; are too specific or demand too much input to be reveland; involve questionable comparisons. In a "Inference", look for choices that... - correct answer are wishy-washy and say as little as possible; are specific, but not too specific; include stipulations or qualifications; seem to restate passage material. The "Assumption" task is... - correct answer to find a statement that has to be true in order for the argument's conclusion to be true In a "Assumption", analyze and apply by... - correct answer finding the conclusion, the premises, and any gap or flaw in the reasoning; find the most specific notion of the argument's problem that you can In a "Assumption", avoid choices that... - correct answer weaken the argument; explain why or how too specifically; are more strongly worded than the argument's conclusion; are not directly relevant to the conclusion