Strengthen Questions

Strengthen questions ask you to identify the answer choice that best supports
the argument. The correct answer choice does not necessarily justify the
argument, nor is the correct answer choice necessarily an assumption of the
argument. The correct answer choice simply helps the argument in some way.
Most Strengthen question stems typically contain the following two features:
1. The stem uses the word “strengthen” or a synonym. Following are
some examples of words or phrases used to indicate that your task is
to strengthen the argument:
strengthen
support
helps
most justifies
2. The stem indicates that you should accept the answer choices as true,
usually with the following phrase:
“Which one of the following, if true, ...”
Following are several Strengthen question stem examples from actual LSATs:
“Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?”
“Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the
statement above?”
“Which one of the following, if true, does most to justify the conclusion
above?”
“Each of the following, if true, supports the claim above EXCEPT:”