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Weaken Questions - ANSWER Stim <- AC
1. Focus on Conclusion, you are trying to impact the conclusion and make it less
possible
2. Prephase, usually strong guesses or gaps can be found
3. You are at least hurting the argument, just make it less likely
4. Most likely, you are showing that the conclusion failed to account for some
possibility/element
5. Personalize, if you could speak to the author, how would you use the AC to
respond to the author?
Causal Reasoning - ANSWER 1. Alternative causes
2. Reverse Causality
3. Coincidence
Strengthen Questions - ANSWER Stim <- AC
1. Focus on the Conclusion, this is what you need to strengthen
2. Ask "Would this AC assist the author in some way?"
3. See if you can identify weaknesses/gaps in the argument and add a strengthener
4. the correct answer needs to strengthen the answer, it can be a little or a lot
Justify the Conclusion (Sufficient Assumption) - ANSWER 1. STRONG LANGUAGE
IS GOOD
2. You are selecting an AC that logically proves the conclusion, so it needs to be
strong
3. the AC will make the reasoning more valid
4.