Support the missing link
Confirm an assumption, eliminate an alternative or add evidence in the conclusion’s direction.
What to master
- Causal claims and alternative explanations.
- Survey and sample arguments.
- Plans and proposed solutions.
- Analogy and comparison arguments.
- Evidence that is relevant but directionally neutral.
BoardQBank strategy
1
Identify the conclusion and assumption before reading choices.
2
Use a cause-and-effect checklist for causal arguments.
3
Ask whether each choice makes the conclusion more or less likely.
4
Reject choices that affect a side issue but leave the reasoning gap unchanged.
Practice focus
- Standard strengthen questions.
- Standard weaken questions.
- EXCEPT questions with four choices having the requested effect.
- High-difficulty questions with subtle relevance traps.