I think the advice about breaking down the referentials is extremely helpful in dissecting the question stimulus. I will also say something that helped me understand this better was to refer back to the lesson about assumptions when filtering through each answer choice. The fewer and more reasonable assumptions each answer choice made the more logical it seems. Which made it pretty easy to eliminate down to answer choice E because it made the fewest assumptions and was worded in such a way that it only used language previously stated in the stimulus.
It's helpful to break down the question and prompt before looking at all the different choices. I got the question right but I didn't spend enough time analyzing the exact argument the author was making/all the referentials so I might have gotten it wrong if it was a harder question
The first sentence is not context. It's another premise. P1: the purpose of the posters is to increase motivation to work productively. P2: Workers are already motiviated. C: Therefore the posters are not achieving their intended purpose.
i relied on grammar very little with this question and just used the skills i learned from identifying weak arguments and assumptions. not sure if that's a logical route but i got it right loll.
I got this question, but it took me 2:25 (+1:13). My problem was mostly to understand what they actually mean those answer choices from A to E. Will this be eventually better with practice? Any advice please?
I got this question correct but it took me long to figure out. I think the habit of referring back to the referents in the clauses help to hammer home what information the author precisely brings up in a clearer way since it can remind you while you're reading.
I'm glad I got it right during the BR, but this is just showing me I need to be more careful with precise wording. The referential lesson really came in handy!!
If I feel like I know what the answer should be after reading the question stem and the stimulus alone, should I still reason my way through each answer option? Or can I just scan the answers to see if one of them matches my initial intuition?
I am confused when I utilize finding the subject and predicate vs. premise and conclusion, then the referentials on top of that. I feel like I don't have a solid grasp on how to go about each question/a checklist of steps to take.
I didn't pick Option B because I simply "felt" like it didn't make any sense in relation to the question, but I don't understand the explanation of why it's wrong. I would like to understand why this is the incorrect choice. Can someone please explain?
We need alternative video for this explanation linked to the grammar section. be nice if the person who was in previous video explained this video using the referential terms. Found using that technique useful in solving this.
Could anyone else not access this question because they need a LawHub Advantage subscription? Like, I could access all the other questions thus far, but now I suddenly need to cough up an extra $120 to see practice problems? Will this be a problem for my ability to complete the rest of this course?
Answer (E) rests upon the assumtion that motivation does not have a maximum. What if motivation functions like a bucket of water or the charge in your cell phone rather than the height of a kid or how well you read?
I'm not saying it does, I point that out only to show that its still the de facto answer because its the only one that pertains to the argument. It seems to me the lesson here is that it's easier/ quicker to rule out an answer on grounds of relevancy than actually engage with the merit of it's logic.
I caught the referential phrase, but I selected A because it sounded like the right answer. I think I may have been nervous about the time. During the blind review, I realized that I completely forgot the argument of the passage because I was focused on capturing the referential phrase. I understood that the passage was only referring to those particular corporations who use motivational posters, but I still somehow got sidetracked.
I think it's important to keep the main thing in mind. By doing so, efficient analysis of the passage may be achieved without over focusing/worrying about identifying indicators. I got so caught up in identifying the indicators that I forgot to remember what the premise and conclusion were.
I will say studying the referential and grammar parsing really helped me with getting this answer correct. If you properly parse the sentence and identify the referential every answer is eliminated but one!
I had this question on a PrepTest and got it wrong there... then ended up seeing it here and got it wrong again. Agony.
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Got it right! Used logical reasoning from arguments lesson :D
I think the advice about breaking down the referentials is extremely helpful in dissecting the question stimulus. I will also say something that helped me understand this better was to refer back to the lesson about assumptions when filtering through each answer choice. The fewer and more reasonable assumptions each answer choice made the more logical it seems. Which made it pretty easy to eliminate down to answer choice E because it made the fewest assumptions and was worded in such a way that it only used language previously stated in the stimulus.
It's helpful to break down the question and prompt before looking at all the different choices. I got the question right but I didn't spend enough time analyzing the exact argument the author was making/all the referentials so I might have gotten it wrong if it was a harder question
The first sentence is not context. It's another premise. P1: the purpose of the posters is to increase motivation to work productively. P2: Workers are already motiviated. C: Therefore the posters are not achieving their intended purpose.
I got it right! Yay!
i relied on grammar very little with this question and just used the skills i learned from identifying weak arguments and assumptions. not sure if that's a logical route but i got it right loll.
I got this question, but it took me 2:25 (+1:13). My problem was mostly to understand what they actually mean those answer choices from A to E. Will this be eventually better with practice? Any advice please?
I got this question in less than 90 seconds LETSSS GOOO
I got it right this time! I am so proud of me and you guys too!
It helps if you read the question first. Then read the stim. I dont know it always works. Its been super helpful for me.
I got this question correct but it took me long to figure out. I think the habit of referring back to the referents in the clauses help to hammer home what information the author precisely brings up in a clearer way since it can remind you while you're reading.
I got it right on my first try, it seems very important to break down the statement and eliminate wrong answers first .
I'm glad I got it right during the BR, but this is just showing me I need to be more careful with precise wording. The referential lesson really came in handy!!
If i work through this question exactly like this, how am i ever going to finish this test in time???
This is a great explanation.
If I feel like I know what the answer should be after reading the question stem and the stimulus alone, should I still reason my way through each answer option? Or can I just scan the answers to see if one of them matches my initial intuition?
I am confused when I utilize finding the subject and predicate vs. premise and conclusion, then the referentials on top of that. I feel like I don't have a solid grasp on how to go about each question/a checklist of steps to take.
I did the right analysis identifying the conclusion and its referentials and still picked the wrong one lol
Doesnt make any Fing sense
I didn't pick Option B because I simply "felt" like it didn't make any sense in relation to the question, but I don't understand the explanation of why it's wrong. I would like to understand why this is the incorrect choice. Can someone please explain?
We need alternative video for this explanation linked to the grammar section. be nice if the person who was in previous video explained this video using the referential terms. Found using that technique useful in solving this.
NAILED THIS!!!
Could anyone else not access this question because they need a LawHub Advantage subscription? Like, I could access all the other questions thus far, but now I suddenly need to cough up an extra $120 to see practice problems? Will this be a problem for my ability to complete the rest of this course?
Answer (E) rests upon the assumtion that motivation does not have a maximum. What if motivation functions like a bucket of water or the charge in your cell phone rather than the height of a kid or how well you read?
I'm not saying it does, I point that out only to show that its still the de facto answer because its the only one that pertains to the argument. It seems to me the lesson here is that it's easier/ quicker to rule out an answer on grounds of relevancy than actually engage with the merit of it's logic.
I caught the referential phrase, but I selected A because it sounded like the right answer. I think I may have been nervous about the time. During the blind review, I realized that I completely forgot the argument of the passage because I was focused on capturing the referential phrase. I understood that the passage was only referring to those particular corporations who use motivational posters, but I still somehow got sidetracked.
I think it's important to keep the main thing in mind. By doing so, efficient analysis of the passage may be achieved without over focusing/worrying about identifying indicators. I got so caught up in identifying the indicators that I forgot to remember what the premise and conclusion were.
I will say studying the referential and grammar parsing really helped me with getting this answer correct. If you properly parse the sentence and identify the referential every answer is eliminated but one!
I had this question on a PrepTest and got it wrong there... then ended up seeing it here and got it wrong again. Agony.