Applying the skills of creating arguments
Part of the reason why generous time allowances are allocated to both the Critical Thinking and Applied Reasoning papers is so that you have time to plan your own arguments before you begin to write them, and you are strongly advised to do so.

Two questions in the paper will require you to create a short argument of your own.

In the second question you must use the sources provided in Section A.
You will be expected to make your own judgement on the basis of the sources, and then write an argument to support that judgement, making use of the sources as evidence. Your use of the evidence should include some recognition of how credible or incredible it is.

Draw relevant inferences from the sources. Your argument should have a clear structure, using intermediate conclusions and perhaps other argument elements.

When addressing the fifth question you should use only your own ideas, and avoid using ideas from the passage provided in Section B, even though the subject of your own argument will have some relationship to the subject of that passage. You will be given a claim, and required to write your own argument either to support or to challenge that claim. You should clearly state your conclusion, which should consist of either the claim you have been given or its opposite.

Support your conclusion with your own ideas. Structure your answer clearly in strands of reasoning, and include Intermediate Conclusions and other argument elements.