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Does anyone else struggle with Strengthen/Weaken questions or questions that ask which answer does the "most"? I usually get down to two answer choices, but then I can find flaws in both. Once I see those flaws, neither answer feels right, and I end up overthinking which one is "less wrong." Even after review, I sometimes don't understand why one answer is considered significantly better than the other. Has anyone else dealt with this? How did you learn to compare answer choices without getting caught up looking for the "perfect" answer?
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I would recommend remembering what your goals are and what the problem is when facing these questions. If you have to strengthen and weaken there is a gap in your argument, that is your saving grace. You need to have a clear conceptual understanding of your gap and then use that to compare the 2 remaining choices. Which better covers or exposes that gap depending on if you are weakening or strengthening. Another point I’d stress is to trust your gut, don’t carry on losing time when you are stuck between two. There are other questions where you are potentially losing points from wasted time trying to hash out what is best or perfect. So use that latter point to avoid looking for perfection, perfection = lost points. Hopefully that helps. Good luck keep grinding
I have dealt with this in the past. Something that helps me decide is keeping in mind that the answer choice most likely will have to be very powerful or have powerful language to really weaken/strengthen (loophole rec), and another thing that helps me when I am between two ACs is making sure I am really understanding the conclusion and the link between the conclusion and the support that it's being given. I think that can be helpful in prioritizing an answer choice!