Common Wrong Answer Types

Beyond the Focus

a choice containing a statement that is too broad, too narrow, or beyond the scope of the stimulus

Irrelevant

a choice that uses info in a way irrelevant to the author’s argument or statements

Extreme

a choice containing language too emphatic to be supported by the stimulus; are often (though not always) characterized by words such as all, never, every, or none

Distortion

a choice that mentions details from the stimulus but mangles or misstates what the author says or implies about those details

Opposite

a choice that directly contradicts what the correct answer must say (eg. a choice that strengthens the argument in a Weaker question)

Wrong Use of Details

a choice that accurately states something from the stimulus but in a manner that answers the question incorrectly; rarely used in LR

Partial

a partially correct choice but also contains an incorrect piece that could by any of the above