LR Powerful Questions Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the definitions, back-up plans, and stem keywords for LSAT Logical Reasoning Powerful Questions.

Weaken

The most powerful thing you can find to destroy the argument's conclusion.

Weaken Back-Up Plan

Does this make the conclusion less likely to be true?

Weaken Stem Keywords

weaken, most undermines the conclusion

Sufficient Assumption (SA)

The most powerful thing you can find to prove the conclusion is $100\%$ VALID.

Sufficient Assumption (SA) Back-Up Plan

If this is true, is the argument $100\%$ valid?

Sufficient Assumption Stem Keywords

Enable the conclusion to be properly drawn, the conclusion follows logically if, justify the conclusion

SW SCCER

Strengthen, Weaken, Sufficient Assumption, Counter, Contradiction, Evaluate, Resolution

Strengthen

The most powerful thing you can find to help the argument's Conclusion

Strengthen back-up plan

Does this make the conclusion more likely to be true?

Strengthen Stem Keywords

Strengthen, most helpful to justify, support

Counter

The most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy the second speaker's argument

Counter Back-Up Plan

Is this something the first speaker would say, and does it hurt the second speaker's argument?

Counter stem keywords

counter, in response to

Contradiction

The thing that contradicts the literal words from the stimulus

Contradiction Back-Up Plan

Does this contradict the stimulus?

Contradiction stem keywords

cannot be true, violate the principle, could be true EXCEPT

Evaluate

A powerful pop quiz for the argument's validity

Evaluate Back-Up Plan

Is this crucial for the argument's validity?

Evaluate stem keywords

evaluate the argument, most helpful to know,/relevant to evaluating

Resolution

The most powerful thing you can find to make the Paradox make sense

Resolution Back-Up Plan

Does this make the paradox make sense?

Resolution stem keywords

most helps to explain/ resolve/account for, discrepancy/paradox/surprising result