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Kick it up

(KIU)

Stimuli that are made significantly easier to understand by kicking some concepts up into the argument's domain.

Avg. 0.1 per section
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9%
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21%

Avg. difficulty: 3.5

Key tactics

  • When a concept is repeated in the premises of a conditional argument, you can kick that concept up into the domain to avoid redundancy in your thinking.
  • For example, if the premises read...
  • 1: Every senior at Palo Alto High School is bound to become a tech bro if they enroll in AP Comp. Sci.
  • 2: Brockleton is a senior at Palo Alto High School and enrolled in AP Comp. Sci.
  • ... rather than diagramming premise 1 "Senior + PAHS + AP Comp. Sci. → Tech Bro", we can simply treat "seniors at PAHS" as the domain, and think about the argument as follows:
  • Domain: Seniors at Palo Alto High School
  • 1: AP Comp. Sci. → Tech Bro
  • 2: Brockleton → AP Comp. Sci

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Logical reasoning question types

Alternate explanation Analogy (LR) Argument part Bad authority Causal chain Causal mechanism Causal reasoning Circular reasoning Conditional reasoning Confusing sufficiency and necessity Correlation Diagram? Directionally wrong Eliminating options Equivocation Evaluate Except (LR) Failed alternate explanation False dichotomy Fighting the hypothetical Fill in the blank Flaw or descriptive weakening Illusory inconsistency Inference Internal contradiction Irrelevant corroboration Kick it up Lack of support v. false conclusion Link assumption Main conclusion or main point Math Mental state v. reality Method of reasoning or descriptive Miscellaneous (LR) Misdirected response Most strongly supported Must be false Must be true Necessary assumption Parallel flawed method of reasoning Parallel method of reasoning Part v. whole Phenomenon-hypothesis (LR) Plausibility Point at issue: agree Point at issue: disagree Principle PSA - find or complete the application PSA - find the rule Quantifier Relative v. absolute Resolve reconcile or explain Rule-application Sampling Source attack Strengthen Sufficient assumption Time Unwarranted assumption Value judgment Weaken Weighing factors

Reading comprehension question types

Analogy (RC) Application Art Author’s attitude Author’s perspective Comparative Critique or debate Describe approach Describe organization Describe relationship Except (RC) Humanities Implied Law Logical continuation Main point Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea) Miscellaneous (RC) Other’s perspective Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC) Principle or generalization Problem-analysis Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea) Purpose of paragraph Purpose of passage Science Single position Spotlight Stated Structure WSE (RC)

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