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LSAT
Primary Objectives & Premise/ Conclusion
20
Language - Arabic
Graduate
01/26/2013

Additional Language - Arabic Flashcards

 


 

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Primary Objective #1:

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Determine whether the stimulus contains an argument or if it is only a set of factual statements

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Premise

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A fact, proposition, or statement from which a conclusion is made

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Conclusion

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A statement or judgement that follows from one or more reasons

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Premise Indicators

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because

since

for

for example

for the reason that

in that

given that

as indicated by

due to

owing to

this can be seen from

we know this by

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Conclusion Indicators

Definition

thus

therefore

hence

consequently

as a result

 so

accordingly

clearly

must be/shows that

follows/conclude that

for this reason

 

 

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Primary Objective #2:

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If the stimulus contains an argument, identify the conclusion of the argument. If the stimulus contains a fact set, examine each fact.
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Additional Premise Indicators

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Furthermore

 

Moreover

 

Besides

 

In addition

 

What's more

 

After all

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Counter-premise Indicators

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But                                  yet

        However                       On the other hand 

Admittedly                     In Contrast   

Although                      Even though

Still                            Whereas

In spite of                      Despite

After all                                      

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Commonly used construction

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A number (some, many, etc.) of people (critics, students, teachers, legislators, vegetarians, psychologists etc.) believe (claim, propose, argue, etc.) that...

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Primary Objective #3:

 

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If the stimulus contains an argument, determine whether the argument is strong or weak

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Remember:

 

*Note that the strength of this argument is based solely on the degree to which the premises prove the conclusion. The truth of the premises themselves is not an issue in determing whether the argument is valid or invalid.

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Primary Objective #4:

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Read closely and know precisely what the author said. Do not generalize!

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Quantity Indicators

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all

every

most

many

some

several

few

sole

only

not all

none

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Probability Indicator

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must

will always

not always

probably

likely

would

not necessarily

could

rarely

never

 

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First Question Family

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based on the principle of using the information in the stimulus to prove that one of the answer choices must be true!

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Members: First Question Family

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Must be true

main point

point at issue

method of reasoning

flaw in the reasoning

parallel reasoning

 

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Second Question Family

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Assumption

Justify the Conclusion

Strengthen/Support

Resolve the Paradox

 

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Members: Third Question Family

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Weaken

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Members: Fourth Question Family

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Cannot be true

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