Lesson: Challenging Critical/Logical Reasoning - 05

Common Wrong Answer Types: Extreme Answers

Extreme answers are pretty easy to spot. They contain extreme words such as every, all, always, never, etc. Extreme answer choices are popular wrong answer traps in assumption or inference questions because they require the author to assume too much. The correct answer choice is more likely to use moderate words such as some or occasionally, etc.

When you see extreme language in an answer choice, it should raise a red flag.

Try to identify the extreme answer choices in the following in-format examples. After you're done, click on the choices to see our answers.

The argument above assumes which one of the following?

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