Anyone else quick to eliminate the answer choices that are definitely wrong, but then you stare at the remaining one (the correct answer) and second-guess it for a minute?
I, for some reason, am having a better time with strengthen questions than with weakening Qs. Like I can't seem to switch my brain to think "okay find something to weaken this argument"...nonetheless got this one right.
I was too. I watch a lesson on WSE question type, and it helped a lot. Anytime I am struggling with a question type, I stop either in the middle or at the end of the lesson and watch a lesson video to help break down the questions more.
I do not find all of these questions easy, but let me explain why this one should be easy to break down.
We are looking to strengthen the argument here. The argument is that somehow, it's likely that these long-lived individuals are genetically disposed to long lives.
Immediately, you can rule out A-D. Not a single thing mentions genes, and of course, an alternate explanation WEAKENS. Then follows E, which not only very clearly mentions genes (a sibling), but it is the ONLY answer choice that has ANYTHING to do with the argument, that argument being related to genetic disposal.
@generallypreparedforthings This is how I looked at it too! All the other answers seemed to weaken/do nothing for the argument because they had nothing to do with the genetic portion.
-A keyword to always lookout for is "who." It will often follow a group, such as centenarians, to narrow down the subset. If it narrows it down to a group that is different than what appears in the passage, then it is most likely a wrong answer choice.
-Look for ambiguity. While the question didn't incorporate this, "large proportion" is an ambiguous amount, can't be pinned down. Always good to identify places where it is ambiguous.
for those who had trouble, this is how i got it: the conclusion made a jump from "these bad behaviors lead to shorter lives" to "long life is genetic". so we must ask ourselves, what's missing? The answer choice that offers more context about the "genetics" portion of the conclusion is the correct one
I've gotten all of these wrong so far in this section and I feel so defeated, can anyone who has been getting them right give me some advice on to how to correctly answer strengthen and weaken questions?
i got this one wrong at first then I noticed only one AC only mentioned the genetics of the individuals in the group when compared to the other Answer choices
@CherishWilliams I don't know if this helps but I have found that reading outside of studying is super beneficial for my reading comprehension. I am genuinely never without a book- whether it is for pleasure or purely educational.
Surprised this one was only a 2/5 difficulty, took me longer than the last few 3/5 questions. I feel like I've watched so many videos that when I work through a question I hear JY's voice in my head lol.
Is anyone else not receiving their timing? It just says 00:00 -(00:55), and I definitely took longer than 0 seconds. It's happened on this one and two other "You Try" questions.
@JoshGaller same I just thought I was going fast this time and was under the time but you actually brought up a good point I have the same time for mine as well?
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E was so obviously correct I almost got it wrong
LMAO
Same here lol
My thoughts were “this seems correct but I’m suspicious”
FR LMAO
I hope all questions are like this on the test. Manifesting energy lol
Anyone else quick to eliminate the answer choices that are definitely wrong, but then you stare at the remaining one (the correct answer) and second-guess it for a minute?
I finally got one right. What a feeling haha
3 for 3 chat ….. LFG on our Elle Woods grind… 😤
I am bombing this section lol
strengthening is definitely easier than weakening
@Disney I'm the opposite, I find that weakening is way easier than strengthening.
Wow, so much more straight forward than the previous question.
I FINALLY GOT ONE RIGHT LETS GOOOO (its 2 star difficulty)
I, for some reason, am having a better time with strengthen questions than with weakening Qs. Like I can't seem to switch my brain to think "okay find something to weaken this argument"...nonetheless got this one right.
Please tell me that I'm not the only one struggling with this chapter rip
I was too. I watch a lesson on WSE question type, and it helped a lot. Anytime I am struggling with a question type, I stop either in the middle or at the end of the lesson and watch a lesson video to help break down the questions more.
I hope this helps you too! <3
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I am so understanding this section of WSE finally. I was on a bad streak.
I do not find all of these questions easy, but let me explain why this one should be easy to break down.
We are looking to strengthen the argument here. The argument is that somehow, it's likely that these long-lived individuals are genetically disposed to long lives.
Immediately, you can rule out A-D. Not a single thing mentions genes, and of course, an alternate explanation WEAKENS. Then follows E, which not only very clearly mentions genes (a sibling), but it is the ONLY answer choice that has ANYTHING to do with the argument, that argument being related to genetic disposal.
@generallypreparedforthings That was my reasoning for this question as well.
@generallypreparedforthings This is how I looked at it too! All the other answers seemed to weaken/do nothing for the argument because they had nothing to do with the genetic portion.
My takeaways:
-A keyword to always lookout for is "who." It will often follow a group, such as centenarians, to narrow down the subset. If it narrows it down to a group that is different than what appears in the passage, then it is most likely a wrong answer choice.
-Look for ambiguity. While the question didn't incorporate this, "large proportion" is an ambiguous amount, can't be pinned down. Always good to identify places where it is ambiguous.
for those who had trouble, this is how i got it: the conclusion made a jump from "these bad behaviors lead to shorter lives" to "long life is genetic". so we must ask ourselves, what's missing? The answer choice that offers more context about the "genetics" portion of the conclusion is the correct one
I've been trying to find a pattern and I realized that for strengthen the conclusion has key words I can use to find the correct answer.
I've gotten all of these wrong so far in this section and I feel so defeated, can anyone who has been getting them right give me some advice on to how to correctly answer strengthen and weaken questions?
@aidamaeee04 i'm the same way....but i have started asking chatgpt why I got it wrong and what do i need to look for, it has kind of helped.
@KeziaH19 same lolllll
i got this one wrong at first then I noticed only one AC only mentioned the genetics of the individuals in the group when compared to the other Answer choices
I have to read the answer choices and the stim multiple times for it to click. How do I fix this?
@CherishWilliams I don't know if this helps but I have found that reading outside of studying is super beneficial for my reading comprehension. I am genuinely never without a book- whether it is for pleasure or purely educational.
Surprised this one was only a 2/5 difficulty, took me longer than the last few 3/5 questions. I feel like I've watched so many videos that when I work through a question I hear JY's voice in my head lol.
Is anyone else not receiving their timing? It just says 00:00 -(00:55), and I definitely took longer than 0 seconds. It's happened on this one and two other "You Try" questions.
@JoshGaller same I just thought I was going fast this time and was under the time but you actually brought up a good point I have the same time for mine as well?
@JoshGaller same
#gotitin53seconds
I just want to say thank you to these videos. I am absolutely crushing these questions with ease now.
lowkey got click baited by D