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flaw questions - anyone else see the flaw yet pick the wrong
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:41 pm
by flash21
answer choice? anyone else with this problem? I'll usually be between two and just pick the wrong one, even though I've identified the flaw relatively quickly. this is for those answer choices worded a bit more convoluted than usual.
thanks.
Re: flaw questions - anyone else see the flaw yet pick the wrong
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:07 pm
by objection_your_honor
Either you don't understand the flaw as well as you think you do, or you're not reading closely enough.
Re: flaw questions - anyone else see the flaw yet pick the wrong
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:42 pm
by bp shinners
objection_your_honor wrote:Either you don't understand the flaw as well as you think you do, or you're not reading closely enough.
There are some answer choices are written in a way that's just mean, though. So I know what the OP is talking about.
For those, since this is a question in the characterization family, all the elements of the answer choice have to match up perfectly with the elements of the stimulus. So when you get to a convoluted answer choice, start substituting the specific language of the stimulus into the generic and abstracted language of the answer choice. If something doesn't match up, eliminate it.
Re: flaw questions - anyone else see the flaw yet pick the wrong
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:10 pm
by flash21
Thanks shinners.