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Identify the Conclusion

finding what the main idea of a statement is, must be a statement that is supported by other statements, not the other way around

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Entailment/Implication

what can be inferred from the statements, follow from the statements in the passage, wrong answers will conflict with passage information or that could be true but do not have to be true 

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Strongly Supported Inferences

Doesn’t have to completely support the passage but must not be too extreme or not 100% certain from the information provided 

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Issue in Dispute

asks what two speakers either agree or disagree about

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Identify the Technique

find the way that supporting information is used to justify the conclusion 

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Identify the Role

identify the individual role that a statement plays in the argument 

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Identify the Principle

identify what principle justifies the argument or identify the principle in the passage 

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Match the Structure

the answer will have the same kind of conclusion and evidence as the passage 

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Match Principles

find the principle that matches the passage

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Identify a Flaw

find an answer that shows something wrong with the argument 

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Match Flaws

find an argument that has the same flaw as the one in the problem

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Necessary Assumptions

identify the claim that must be true/required for the argument to work

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Sufficient Assumptions

find an assumption that if added to the argument, would make it logically valid 

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Strengthen/Weaken

information that if added would make the conclusion more/less likely to be true 

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Identify What is Most/Least Helpful to Know

find information that would be most/least useful in evaluating the argument 

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Explain/Resolve a Conflict

asked about what information would help explain or resolve a situation/discrepancy 

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