Distractions designed in LR Stimulus

Quick Silver

Hi All

I thoughtlessly assumed all info in stimuli were relevant or open to use...I noticed a pattern from PT 56 where there's distracting info that can keep a testtaker from finding the critical piece of info that answers the question...

Has anyone else noticed this? Do you regularly look out for it? Any tips?

sicsemper

For sure - identifying the conclusion of the stimulus and the supporting premises as you read each will help out. I bracket the conclusion and underline the relevant premises. Can be tedious at first but does help you to be more focused on the structure of the argument and does become faster with practice. I think this is generally helpful, including identify the conclusion questions and support/weaken (especially the more difficult from this set) questions.