Provable Q Types

Question 1

Inference

Answer 1

• must be true/follows logically
• inference
• properly concluded
• look for the thing you can prove definitely must be true
• basic, easy, redundant answer
• Does this have to be true?

Question 2

Fill In

Answer 2

• completes/concludes
• fill in the blank
• look for the thing you can prove completes the author’s thoughts
• answer is an inference, & straightforward
• Does this have to be true?

Question 3

Controversy

Answer 3

• point at issue/disagreement
• disagree
• differing opinions
• look for the thing you can prove the 2 speakers disagree about
• Does the 1st speaker believe this is true/false? Does the 2nd speaker?

Question 4

Agreement

Answer 4

• agree on
• point of agreement
• committed to agreeing
• look for the thing you can prove the 2 speakers agree about
• anything resembling the controversy is wrong
• Does the 1st speaker believe this? Does the 2nd speaker?

Question 5

Method

Answer 5

• argument proceeds by
• describes
• argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy
• responds by (in Debates)
• look for a provable description for what happened in the stimulus
• Does this happen?

Question 6

Argument Part

Answer 6

• role/function
• argument part
• relevance to
• look for a provable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument
• stick close to the stimulus
• Is this what the phrase is doing?

Question 7

Classic Flaw

Answer 7

• flaw/flawed
• most vulnerable to criticism
• questionable techniques
• look for a provable description of what the argument did wrong
• Is this what’s wrong with the argument?

Question 8

Loophole Flaw

Answer 8

• most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that + [Loophole Flaw Prefix]
• look for a provable description of how the argument overlooked the loophole
• stimulus assumes something dumb in service of its argument
• Was it bas that the argument overlooked this?

Question 9

Most Strongly Supported (MSS)

Answer 9

• most strongly supported
• most strongly suggests
• look for the thing you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true
• inference is more or less the answer
• one will have all the support, others will have none
• Does this pretty much have to be true?

Question 10

Conclusion

Answer 10

• main point
• main conclusion
• look for a provable translation of conclusion
• conceptual answer instead of exact words
• NOT inferences or premises
• Is this a translation of the conclusion?

Question 11

Necessary Assumption (NA)

Answer 11

• necessary/depends/requires/relies
• assumes/assumption
• conclusion does not follow unless
• argument assumes which one
• look for the thing you can prove must be true, if the conclusion is true
• negated version of the Loophole
• if the correct answer is negated it will destroy the argument
• If this conclusion is true, does this have to be true?