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LSAT Stem Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Questions ask you to identify the answer choice that is best proven by the information in the stimulus. | Must be true |
| If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true? | Must be true |
| Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the passage? | Must be true |
| Question asks you to find the primary conclusion made by the author. | Main point |
| The main point of the argument is that... | Main point |
| Questions require you to identify a point of contention between two speakers, and thus these questions appear almost exclusively with two-speaker stimuli. | Point at issue |
| Larew and Mendota disagree about whether... | Point at issue |
| These questions ask you to identify an assumption of the author’s argument. | Assumptions |
| Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument above? | Assumptions |
| Questions ask you to supply a piece of information that, when added to the premises, proves the conclusion. | Justify the conclusion |
| Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion above to be properly drawn?” | Justify the conclusion |
| These questions ask you to select the answer choice that provides support for the author’s argument or strengthens it in some way. | Strengthen/Support |
| Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? | Strengthen/Support |
| Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the statement above? | Strengthen/Support |
| Stimulus contains a discrepancy or seeming contradiction. You must find the answer choice that best resolves the situation. | Resolve the paradox |
| Which one of the following, if true, would most effectively resolve the apparent paradox above? | Resolve the paradox |
| Questions ask you to attack or undermine the author’s argument. | Weaken |
| Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? | Weaken |
| Questions ask you to describe, in abstract terms, the way in which the author made his or her argument. | Method of reasoning |
| Which one of the following describes the technique of reasoning used above? | Method of reasoning |
| Questions ask you to describe, in abstract terms,the error of reasoning committed by the author. | Flaw in reasoning |
| The reasoning in the astronomer’s argument is flawed because this argument... | Flaw in reasoning |
| Questions ask you to identify the answer choice that contains reasoning most similar in structure to the reasoning presented in the stimulus. | Parallel reasoning |
| Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its pattern of reasoning to the argument above?” | Parallel reasoning |
| With these types of questions, you must decide which answer choice will allow you to determine the logical validity of the argument. | Evaluate the argument |
| The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute most to an evaluation of the argument? | Evaluate the argument |
| Questions ask you to identify the answer choice that cannot be true or is most weakened based on the information in the stimulus. | Cannot be true |
| If the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true? | Cannot be true |
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