Hi chipbmk,chipbmk wrote:Can anyone give me some tips to solve these types of problems? I literally miss these questions 100% of the time, luckily they only come up 1 or 2 times per test.
Please HELP!!!
Identify the TYPE and DIRECTION of the conclusion.
X will happen = positive prediction
X will not happen = negative prediction
X should be done = positive recommendation
X should not be done = negative recommendation
X is the case = positive assertion of fact
X is not the case = negative assertion of fact.
In order for an answer choice to parallel the reasoning of the argument in the passage, both the TYPE and DIRECTION of conclusion must match up.
Usually, this will be enough to get to the correct answer.
But if you can only eliminate three choices this way, then look at the evidence next. If the evidence in the passage was analogy, then it has to be analogy in the answer choice; if the evidence in the passage was citation of facts, then so must the correct answer cite facts; if the evidence was reference to expert testimony, then so should the right answer's evidence refer to expert testimony.
