Log Reasoning Flashcards by matty roth

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Name the 9 premise indicators

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Because
Since
For
For the reason that
In that
Given that
As indicated by
Due to
Furthermore

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Name the 9 conclusion indicators

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Thus
Therefore
Hence
Consequently
As a result
So
Accordingly
It follows
It must be that

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What are the 13 question stems

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Must be true
Main point
Point at issue/point of agreement
Assumption
Justify the conclusion
Strengthen/support
Resolve the paradox
Weaken
Method of reasoning
Flaw in the reasoning
Parallel reasoning
Evaluate the argument
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

What is this argument element? | Admittedly

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | In contrast

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | Although

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | Even though

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | Still

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | Whereas

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | In spite of

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | Despite

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | After all

Counter premise indicator

What is this argument element? | Consequently

Conclusion indicator

What is this argument element? | Thus

Conclusion indicator

What is this argument element? | Therefore

Conclusion indicator

What type of question? | Asks you to find the primary conclusion made by the author

Main point

What type of question? | Asks you to identify the answer choice that is best proven by the information in the stimulus.

Must be true

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

What type of question? | “Larson and Manuela disagree about whether...”

Point at issue

What type of question? | Author asks you to identify an assumption of the author’s argument.

Assumption

What type of question? | Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument above?

Assumption

What type of question? | Ask you to supply a piece of information that, when added to the premises, prices the conclusion.

Justify the conclusion

What type of question? | Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion above to be properly drawn?

Justify the conclusion

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

What type of question? | Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Strengthen/support

What type of question? | Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the statement above?

Strengthen/support

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

What type of question? | Asks you to attack or undermine the authors argument

Weaken

What type of question? | Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

Weaken

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

What type of question? | Which one of the following describes the technique of reasoning used above

Method of reasoning

What type of question? | Asks you to describe, in abstract terms, the error of reasoning committed by the author

Flaw in reasoning

What type of question? | The reasoning in the astronomers argument is flawed because this argument ...

Flaw in reasoning

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

What type of question? | Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its pattern of reasoning to the argument above

Parallel reasoning

What type of question? | You must decide which answer choice will allow you to determine the logical validity of the argument

Evaluate the argument

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

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

What type of question? | If the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

Cannot be true