Weaken questions

[jcough346]

Hi Powerscore, Ive been struggling with weaken questions recently and am not entirely sure what I should be doing to correct this. Ive taken your course, along with scouring youtube and other site's recommendations for these questions.

Currently Im going through the weaken questions in the LR problem set books (1-5) and using this forum and other sites to break down each question (right and wrong). Ive been reviewing the text from Powerscore on handling these questions but am still lacking. I can usually get it down to two ACs (and pick incorrectly) or I eliminate the right answer entirely (the former being more common).

Any advice/tips you might have on this question type would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
James

[David Boyle]

Hi Powerscore, Ive been struggling with weaken questions recently and am not entirely sure what I should be doing to correct this. Ive taken your course, along with scouring youtube and other site's recommendations for these questions.

Currently Im going through the weaken questions in the LR problem set books (1-5) and using this forum and other sites to break down each question (right and wrong). Ive been reviewing the text from Powerscore on handling these questions but am still lacking. I can usually get it down to two ACs (and pick incorrectly) or I eliminate the right answer entirely (the former being more common).

Any advice/tips you might have on this question type would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
James

Hello James,

At least you're usually getting it down to two! ...I would say keep practicing and also reviewing the theory, e.g., causality in weaken questions (alternate cause, etc.); common defective-stimuli features (qualified conclusion, etc.); etc.
Some additional notes are, 1) prephrase, e.g., "What is going to hurt or beat up this argument?"; and 2) focus on the conclusion. You want to derail it, so focus on that.

Hope this helps,
David