PrepTest 73, Logical Reasoning 2, Question 20
Summary
The content provides an in-depth analysis of a GRE question focusing on strengthening an argument, highlighting the importance of understanding the argument's assumptions, conclusion, and evidence.
- Identifying the argument's conclusion and its supporting evidence is crucial for answering strengthening questions.
- The argument posits that glutamate leaking from damaged or oxygen-starved nerve cells is a cause of long-term brain damage resulting from strokes.
- Understanding the standard causal assumptions and the specific assumptions related to the argument's conclusion is essential.
- The correct answer choice will support one of the argument's assumptions, helping to strengthen the argument.
- Answer choice D is identified as the correct answer because it directly supports a critical assumption of the argument.
Chapters
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Understanding Strengthening Questions
00:14
Identifying the Argument's Core
00:41
Evaluating the Evidence and Assumptions
02:46
Analyzing Answer Choices
