Method of Reasoning Question Type Review

Method of Reasoning questions require you to select the answer choice that best
describes the method used by the author to make the argument. Structurally,
Method of Reasoning questions are simply abstract Must Be True questions:
instead of identifying the facts of the argument, you must identify the logical
organization of the argument.
As part of the First Family of Questions, Method of Reasoning questions
feature the following information structure:
1. You can use only the information in the stimulus to prove the correct
answer choice.
2. Any answer choice that describes information or a situation that does
not occur in the stimulus is incorrect.
The stimulus for a Method Reasoning question will contain an argument, and
the argument can contain either valid or invalid reasoning.
You must watch for the presence of the premise and conclusion indicators
discussed in Chapter Two.
Use the Fact Test to eliminate answers in a Method Reasoning question:
If an answer choice describes an event that did not occur in the stimulus,
then that answer is incorrect.
Several types of incorrect answers regularly appear in Method of Reasoning
questions:
1. “New” Element Answers
2. Half Right, Half Wrong Answers
3. Exaggerated Answers
4. The Opposite Answer
5. The Reverse Answer