What order to study LR question types

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  Matt Sorr Alum Member ⭐

  May 2022 2239 karma

  I’d recommend doing them in the order the core curriculum has set up. The 7Sage admins always recommend going through the core curriculum in order and I think many of the questions you learn about later build on earlier question types.
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  maco4538 Alum Member

  May 2022 323 karma

  Truuuuust me: getting argument structures down and then moving on to evaluating arguments is the only route you should take (and the syllabus is not set up perfectly in this aspect).
  First, mastering argument structure:
  1. Main Point
  2. Argument Part
  3. Method of Reasoning
  4. Agree/Disagree

  Don't even think about moving on until you can handle these QT.

  Second, inferences within arguments:
  5. NA (the thing that justifies starting an argument)
  6. SA (the thing that justifies ending an argument)
  7. MSS (find the missing conclusion or missing sub-conclusion)

  Third, conditional logic:
  8. MBT
  9.MBF

  Fourth, Evaluating arguments:
  10. Flaw
  11. Strengthening
  12. Weakening
  13. Resolve/Reconcile

  Until you are proficient at argument parts and inferences, evaluating arguments will not come easy or intuitively.

  Fifth, Replicating argument structures/evaluations
  13. Parallel method of reasoning (requires proficiency in argument parts and conditional logic)
  14. Parallel Flaw (required proficiency in argument parts, conditional logic, and evaluating arguments.

  Half of LR is Argument structure, inferences and conditional logic. The other, more difficult half, I evaluating arguments and replicating them.
• BennWalk Core Member

  May 2022 38 karma

  Thank you both!!!
• BennWalk Core Member

  May 2022 38 karma

  @maco4538 Thank you for the specific breakdown!