Method of Reasoning-Argument Part Questions

Argument Part (AP) questions are a subset of Method of Reasoning questions.
In Method-AP questions, the question stem cites a specific portion of the
stimulus and then asks you to identify the role the cited portion plays in the
structure of the argument. Here are several example question stems:
“The claim that inventors sometimes serve as their own engineers plays
which one of the following roles in the argument?”
“The statement ‘thinking machines closely modeled on the brain are also
likely to fail’ serves which one of the following roles in Yang’s
argument?”
“The assertion that a later artist tampered with Veronese’s painting
serves which one of the following functions in the curator’s argument?”
The answer choices in each problem then describe the structural role of the
citation, often using terms you are already familiar with such as “premise,”
“assumption,” and “conclusion.” At this point in the book, you are uniquely
positioned to answer these questions because the Primary Objectives have
directed you from the start to isolate the structure of each argument and to
identify each piece of the argument. Method-AP questions reward the
knowledge you naturally gain from this process.