In general, the best way of identifying a missing premise is to have a strong understanding of the stimulus and the holes in the author's argument. If you're strongly engaged with the stimulus, you'll find that you'll have a better sense of where the holes in the argument are, and that will help you when you get to the answer choices, as you'll be primed to look for what's already in your mind.
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