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I. Six Principles for Critical Reasoning Questions   
wA. Learn how to identify arguments
wB. Types of arguments
wC. Putting it into your own words
wD. Evaluate an argument
wE. Evaluate an argument's strength and validity
wF. Get an idea of the right answer

II. Typical Critical Reasoning Question Types
wA. Must Be True Questions
wB. Assumption Questions
wC. Strengthen and Weaken Questions
wD. Main Point Questions
wE. Paradox Questions
wF. Reasoning Questions

 

F. Get an idea of the right answer

If you can identify an argument and assess its strengths, you may come up with a right answer after reading the stem.

     When you finish reading the stimulus and the stem and you have analyzed everything using the techniques above, you can usually come up with a pre-phrase of the right answer before even getting to the answer choices. Coming up with the right pre-phrase of the answer is only half of the battle, however. From the five answer choices, you have to pick the answer that most closely resembles the your pre-phrased answer. The potential answers are difficult to read and contain traps. If you have a general idea of the answer going into the answer choices, you are in a good position to correctly identify the answer.

    Test takers should not be discouraged if they cannot come up with a pre-phrase. Some questions are difficult and an immediate answer will not jump out at you.

 

w F. Get an idea of the right answer





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