LR Question Types

according to LawHub

Identify the conclusion

• Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the argument?

• The conclusion drawn in Annie’s argument is that

Identify an entailment (also known as implication)

• Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

• If the essayist’s statements are true, then which one of the following must also be true?

• Which one of the following statements follows logically from the information above?

• If the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

Infer what is most strongly supported

• Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

• Laura's statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following hypotheses?

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

• Which one of the following can most reasonably be concluded on the basis of the information above?

• Of the following claims, which one can most justifiably be rejected on the basis of the statements above?

Identify or infer an issue in dispute

• X and Y disagree over whether

• X and Y disagree with each other about which one of the following?

• The dialogue provides the most support for the claim that X and Y disagree over whether

• On the basis of their statements, X and Y are committed to disagreeing over the truth of which one of the following statements?

Identify the technique

• The educator’s argument proceeds by

• Paul responds to Sara’s argument using which one of the following argumentative techniques?

• Which one of the following is a technique of reasoning used in the argument?

• X responds to Y's argument by doing which one of the following?

Identify the role

• The claim that … plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

• The claim that … is used in the argument to

• Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that …?

Identify the principle

• Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the argument above?

• The journalist’s reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles?

• The situation described above conforms most closely to which one of the following generalizations?

• The principle stated above, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in which one of the following arguments?

Match the structure

• Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?

• The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following arguments?

• Which one of the following arguments is most closely parallel in its reasoning to the argument above?

Match principles

• Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle illustrated above?

• The principle underlying the argument above is most similar to the principle underlying which one of the following arguments?

Identify a flaw

• The reasoning in the magazine article’s argument is flawed in that the argument

• Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument’s reasoning?

• The argument commits which one of the following errors of reasoning?

• The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

• The argument’s reasoning is questionable in that the argument

• The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument overlooks the possibility that

• Trey's remarks suggest that he is misinterpreting which one of the following words used by Ginevra?

Match flaws

• The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

• Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its flawed reasoning to the argument above?

• Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning that is most parallel to that in the argument above?

• The flawed nature of the argument above can most effectively be demonstrated by noting that, by parallel reasoning, we could conclude that

Necessary Assumptions

• Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

• The argument requires assuming which one of the following?

• The argument requires the assumption that

• The argument relies on assuming which one of the following?

• Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

Sufficient Assumptions

• The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

• The conclusion of the argument is strongly supported if which one of the following is assumed?

• The conclusion of X's argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

• Which one of the following is an assumption that, if true, would do most to justify X's actions?

Strengthen

• Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

• Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the support for the scientist's hypothesis?

• Which one of the following, if true, adds the most support for the conclusion of the argument?

• Each of the following, if true, supports the claim above EXCEPT

Weaken

• Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

• Which one of the following, if true, most calls into question the efficacy of the traditional treatment described above?

• Which one of the following, if true, is the strongest logical counter that the linguist can make to the philosopher?

• Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the claim made above?

Identify what is most/least helpful to know

• Which one of the following would be most useful to know in order to evaluate the argument?

• The answer to which one of the following questions would most help in evaluating the argument above?

• The answer to which one of the following questions would LEAST help in evaluating the argument?

Explain

• Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the apparently paradoxical result?

• Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the failure of the strategy?

• Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the preference described above?

• Each of the following, if true, contributes to an explanation of the difference in caloric intake EXCEPT:

Resolve a conflict

• Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent conflict described above?

• Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

• Which one of the following, if true, does most to justify the doctors’ apparently paradoxical belief?