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Point at Issue

Overview

Point at Issue questions present two speakers and ask what they disagree about. The correct answer is something one speaker would affirm and the other would deny.

1.Apply the Agree/Disagree Test: Speaker A agrees, Speaker B disagrees (or vice versa)
2.Both speakers must address the topic — if only one speaks to it, it's wrong
3.Look for explicit or implicit disagreement
4.Eliminate answers where both would agree or both would disagree
A: Electric cars are better for the environment. B: Electric cars still require electricity from fossil fuels, so they're not truly green.

A and B disagree about whether...

Answer C: They disagree about whether electric cars are genuinely better for the environment. Both address this topic but reach opposite conclusions.
✗Choosing topics only one speaker addresses
✗Selecting points they actually agree on
✗Missing implicit positions
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