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Read carefully. Reason clearly.

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Break arguments into conclusion, evidence, and assumption before judging answer choices.

Judge answer choices by whether they make an argument conclusion more or less likely through the underlying assumption.

Identify claims that must be true for an argument to work and confirm them with the negation test.

Distinguish answers that reconcile surprising facts from answers that must follow from the evidence.

Read passages for structure, purpose, attitude, and detail location rather than trying to memorize every fact.

Remove answer choices that are too extreme, outside scope, logically reversed, or subtly distorted.

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