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Name the 9 premise indicators

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  1. Because
  2. Since
  3. For
  4. For the reason that
  5. In that
  6. Given that
  7. As indicated by
  8. Due to
  9. Furthermore
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Name the 9 conclusion indicators

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  1. Thus
  2. Therefore
  3. Hence
  4. Consequently
  5. As a result
  6. So
  7. Accordingly
  8. It follows
  9. It must be that
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What are the 13 question stems

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  1. Must be true
  2. Main point
  3. Point at issue/point of agreement
  4. Assumption
  5. Justify the conclusion
  6. Strengthen/support
  7. Resolve the paradox
  8. Weaken
  9. Method of reasoning
  10. Flaw in the reasoning
  11. Parallel reasoning
  12. Evaluate the argument
  13. Cannot be true
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What type of question?

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statements above?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which of the following is best illustrated by the statements above?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following can be properly concluded from the claims in the advertisement?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following statements is an inference that can be drawn from the information given in the passage?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

The essayists statements, if true, most strongly support which of the following?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must be true about the ____?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

The researchers statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following can be logically concluded from the information above?

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Must be true

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What type of question?

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn by the citizen?

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Main point

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What type of question?

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the ______ argument as a whole?

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Main point

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What type of question?

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument above?

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Main point

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What is this argument element?

Furthermore

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Additional premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

Moreover

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Additional premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

Besides

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Additional premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

In addition

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Additional premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

What’s more

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Additional premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

After all

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Additional premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

But

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Counter premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

Yet

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Counter premise indicator

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What is this argument element?

However

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Counter premise indicator

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What is this argument element? | On the other hand
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Admittedly
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | In contrast
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Although
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Even though
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Still
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Whereas
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | In spite of
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Despite
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | After all
Counter premise indicator
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What is this argument element? | Consequently
Conclusion indicator
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What is this argument element? | Thus
Conclusion indicator
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What is this argument element? | Therefore
Conclusion indicator
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What type of question? | Asks you to find the primary conclusion made by the author
Main point
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What type of question? | Asks you to identify the answer choice that is best proven by the information in the stimulus.
Must be true
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What type of question? Require you to identify a point of contention between two speakers and thus these questions appear almost exclusively with two speaker stimuli
Point at issue
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What type of question? | “Larson and Manuela disagree about whether...”
Point at issue
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What type of question? | Author asks you to identify an assumption of the author’s argument.
Assumption
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What type of question? | Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument above?
Assumption
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What type of question? | Ask you to supply a piece of information that, when added to the premises, prices the conclusion.
Justify the conclusion
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What type of question? | Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
Justify the conclusion
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What type of question? | Ask you to select the answer choice that provides support for the authors argument or strengthens it in some way
Strengthen/support
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What type of question? | Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Strengthen/support
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What type of question? | Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the statement above?
Strengthen/support
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What type of question? | Contains a discrepancy of seeming contradiction then asks you to find the answer that best resolves the situation
Resolve the paradox
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What type of question? | Asks you to attack or undermine the authors argument
Weaken
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What type of question? | Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
Weaken
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What type of question? | Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the way in which the author made his or her argument
Method of reasoning
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What type of question? | Which one of the following describes the technique of reasoning used above
Method of reasoning
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What type of question? | Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the error of reasoning committed by the author
Flaw in reasoning
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What type of question? | The reasoning in the astronomers argument is flawed because this argument ...
Flaw in reasoning
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What type of question? Ask you to identify the answer choice that contains reasoning most similar in structure to the reasoning presented in the stimulus
Parallel reasoning
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What type of question? | Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its pattern of reasoning to the argument above
Parallel reasoning
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What type of question? | You must decide which answer choice will allow you to determine the logical validity of the argument
Evaluate the argument
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What type of question? | The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute most to an evaluation of the argument
Evaluate the argument
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What type of question? | Ask you to identify the answer choice that cannot be true or is most weakened based on the information in the stimulus
Cannot be true
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What type of question? | If the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?
Cannot be true

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