Differentiating Conclusion from Context - Help pls

CBLawStudent

I did a level 4 MC question earlier (PT 126/S1/Q18 if you're curious), and I am realizing that I struggle knowing how to differentiate the context from the conclusion. Sometimes, typically on easier questions, it is obvious to me, but on harder ones like this, it is hard for me to understand it. I am fairly good at differentiating support from the conclusion, but the context throws me off since it is sometimes used as a reference rather than as support.

Does anyone have any tips? Thanks!

zjjenks11

Not sure how helpful this will be for you, but this is what works for me. With MC questions, I first just read it and try to intuitively get a sense of what they are arguing. And if there are a few lines that I'm deciding between, I will mentally begin each of them with 'therefore...' and test if it makes sense to me. And with ones like the question you mention, remove the 'however'. Words like this can muddy the water. Lastly, I shuffle around the premises in my head just to make sure it makes sense. So in your example, that would be:

-we must assess one another
-not all assessments are positive
-but being judgement is not just a negative assessment--it's a negative assessment w/o understanding
-THEREFORE, there is wisdom behind the idea of not being judgmental