Argument Types

Question 0

What type of argument is this?

“Statements commit X to the position that”

Answer 0

Main point or main conclusion

Question 1

What type of argument is this?

“The main conclusion is”

Answer 1

Main point or main conclusion

Question 2

What type of argument is this?

“A method of reasoning employed by the argument”

Answer 2

ID reasoning

Question 4

What type of argument is this?

“The main point at issue is”

Answer 4

Conclusion variants: point at issue agree/disagree

Question 5

What type of argument is this?

“Are committed to disagreeing about”

Answer 5

Conclusion variant: point at issue or agree/disagree

Question 8

What type of argument is this?

“The argument proceeds by”

Answer 8

ID reasoning

Question 9

What type of argument is this?

“A technique of reasoning employed by the argument”

Answer 9

ID reasoning

Question 10

What type of reasoning is this?

” X responds by”

Answer 10

ID reasoning variant: ID response

Question 11

What type of reasoning is this?

“Responds in which one of the following ways

Answer 11

ID reasoning variant: ID response

Question 12

What type of reasoning is this?

“Uses which one of the following techniques in countering”

Answer 12

ID reasoning variant: ID response

Question 13

What type of argument is this?

“The role of statement X in the argument is”

Answer 13

ID reasoning variant: role of statement

Question 14

What type of argument is this?

” the statement X figures in the argument in which one of the following ways”

Answer 14

ID reasoning variant: role of statement

Question 15

What type of argument is this?

“Must also be true”

Answer 15

Inference

Question 16

What type of argument is this?

“each of the following could be true EXCEPT”

Answer 16

Inference variants: could be true/must be false

Question 17

What type of argument is this?

“Conclusion would not follow it”

Answer 17

Weaken

Question 19

What type of argument is this?

“Expresses a point of agreement”

Answer 19

Conclusion variants: point at issue or agree/disagree

Question 20

What type of argument is this?

“Can most properly be concluded”

Answer 20

Inference

Question 21

What type of argument is this?

“Which of the following conclusions can be properly drawn”

Answer 21

Inference

Question 22

What type of argument is this?

“CANNOT be true”

Answer 22

Inference variants: could be true/must be false

Question 23

What type of argument is this?

“Is assumed by the argument”

Answer 23

Assumption

Question 24

What type of argument is this?

“Which one of the flowing could be true”

Answer 24

Inference variants: could be true/must be false

Question 25

What type of argument is this?

“The argument leads to the conclusion that”

Answer 25

Main point or main conclusion

Question 26

What type of argument is this?

“Most logically completes the argument”

Answer 26

Inference variant: fill-in

Question 27

What type of argument is this?

“Provides a logical completion” ( the argument ends with ______)

Answer 27

Inference variant: fill-in

Question 28

What type of argument is this? "Relies on the fact that"

Answer 28

Assumption

Question 29

What type of argument is this? "most seriously weakens the argument"

Answer 29

Weaken

Question 30

What type of argument is this? "Undermines the conclusion"

Answer 30

Weaken

Question 31

What type of argument is this? "Casts doubt upon"

Answer 31

Weaken

Question 32

What type of argument is this? "An assumption on which the argument depends"

Answer 32

Assumption

Question 33

What type of argument is this? "Overlooks the possibility that"

Answer 33

Weaken

Question 34

What type of argument is this? "Most strengthens"

Answer 34

Strengthen

Question 36

What type of argument is this? "Most strongly supports the conclusion"

Answer 36

Strengthen

Question 37

What type of argument is this. "Follows logically if which one of the following is assumed"

Answer 37

Strengthen

Question 38

What type of argument is this? "Allows the conclusion to be properly drawn"

Answer 38

Strengthen

Question 39

What type of argument is this? "Would be most useful to know in evaluating the argument"

Answer 39

Weaken/strengthen variant: evaluate

Question 40

What type of argument is this? Conform: "conforms to which one of the following generalizations"'

Answer 40

Principle

Question 42

What type of argument is this? "The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute to an evaluation"

Answer 42

Weaken/ strengthen variant: evaluation

Question 43

What type of argument is this? "The principle above would justify which one of the following judgments"

Answer 43

Principle variant: use the principle

Question 44

What type of argument is this? "In evaluating the argument,!it would be most useful to know whether"

Answer 44

Weaken/strengthen variant: evaluate

Question 45

What type of argument is this? "The main point is"

Answer 45

Main point or main conclusion

Question 46

What type of argument is this? "Reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles

Answer 46

Principle

Question 47

What type of argument is this? Conform: "which statement most closely conforms to the principle stated above"

Answer 47

Principle variant: use the principle

Question 48

What type of argument is this? "Is an application of the principle above"

Answer 48

Principle variant: use the principle

Question 49

What type of argument is this? "Commits which one of the following errors of reasoning"

Answer 49

Flaw

Question 50

What type of argument is this? "Most helps to resolve the apparent paradox"

Answer 50

Resolve/explain

Question 51

What type of argument is this? Justify: " the principle above most strongly supports which one if the following arguments"

Answer 51

Principle variant: Use the principle

Question 52

What type of argument is this? Justify: "principle, if established, would most help to justify"

Answer 52

Principle

Question 53

What type of argument is this? "Argument is flawed because"

Answer 53

Flaw

Question 54

What type of argument is this? "Reasoning is questionable because"

Answer 54

Flaw

Question 55

What type of argument is this? "Most helps to explain the apparent discrepancy"

Answer 55

Resolve/explain

Question 56

What type of argument is this? "Provides a resolution to the apparent inconsistency"

Answer 56

Resolve/explain

Question 57

What type of argument is this? "Most closely paralleled by"

Answer 57

Parallel

Question 58

What type of argument is this? "Most similar knits logical structure to"

Answer 58

Parallel

Question 59

What type of argument is this? "Pattern of reading is most similar to"

Answer 59

Parallel

Question 60

What type of argument is this? "Exhibits a flawed pattern if reasoning most like"

Answer 60

Parallel variant: parallel-flaw

Question 61

What type of argument is this? Contains questionable reasoning that is most similar to"

Answer 61

Parallel variant: parallel-flaw

Question 62

What type of argument is this? "Questionable reasoning is most closely paralleled by"

Answer 62

Parallel variant: parallel-flaw

Question 63

What type of argument is this? "Is most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that"

Answer 63

Flaw

Question 64

What type of argument is this? "Is required in order for the conclusion to be properly drawn"

Answer 64

Assumption

Question 65

What type of argument is this? "Calls into question"

Answer 65

Weaken

Question 66

What type of argument is this? "Most strongly support the inference"

Answer 66

Inference

Question 71

What type of argument is this? "Principle provides the strongest support for the conclusion"

Answer 71

Principle

Question 89

What type of argument is this? "An issue in dispute is"

Answer 89

Conclusions variants: point at issue or agree/disagree