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Simplified Question Stems
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The best movie showing in
the US right now is Mission Ridiculous, Part XXIV--it
has been in the #1 position for three weeks.
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| 2. |
All mammals have hair. Therefore,
elephants have hair.
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| 3. |
Lucy Magic has recently suggested
that all people should go to school for at least 14
years. However, this argument is clearly wrong since
Lucy Magic only went to school for four years.
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To raise your test scores,
you should study and practice the test a lot. However,
Mike Magic used this strategy and he did not get the
score that he wanted. Therefore, this strategy is not
helpful.
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| 5. |
It is a commonly known fact
that most people do not pay for street parking for all
the time that they are parked--how many times have you
walked down the street and seen cars parked with expired
meters? We can therefore conclude that the system of
using parking meters is useless.
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Frozen water is less dense
than liquid water. Therefore, frozen water will float
in liquid water.
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President Magic has recently
suggested adding fluoride to all public water sources.
This is obviously a bad idea since many of the former
communist countries also added fluoride to all their
public water sources.
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Two hours ago I had a splitting
headache, so I took six Maqikol tablets. I still have
a headache. Therefore, Magikol is a useless medicine.
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| 9. |
In an attempt to increase
sales, Magic Co, Ltd. implemented a new customer service
policy that required all sales representatives to address
all prospective clients by name. Within six months,
sales had risen 15%. The new policy was therefore a
success.
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| 10. |
It is obvious that Einstein
could not have formulated the theory of relativity.
It is a common fact that Einstein did not receive a
passing grade in math class as a child.
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What is the "missing
step" or "hidden assumption" in this
argument?
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How could we weaken this
argument?
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How could we strengthen
this argument?
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