You all talking about the grammatical challenge of using "their" instead of "her", and how it's women's turn now, just stop it! Why care about it. His or her???... the author can be a he or a she. Perhaps the person writing this is a female and that's her default method of writing, as mine is to use "his" in this context.
Looking at some Logical reasoning questions: I always read the stimulus twice, but it is interesting to think of the stimulus as a reader speaking to you.
The author is the person writing the passage to you. The passage is the same thing as the stimulus. The question stem lays out the directions for you to choose the correct answer choice.
i never had a mindset of viewing the author as someone that is speaking to me. that will be really helpful for myself moving forward and i am excited to try it.
Why isn't there an explanation video for PT15 S2 Q08? It's rated "harder". I got it incorrect, and could definitely use an explanation on it. I set up a problem set from CC with questions that were all ranked "harder" or "hardest". I got all of them correct besides that one. #help
The author is the person writing the passage to you. The passage is the same thing as the stimulus. The question stem lays out the directions for you to choose the correct answer choice.
When J.Y. says "In the curriculum, I will often refer to the “author’s argument” as “our argument” or the “argument.” Take note of this when it happens." what is the significance of this and why should we take note of it? What difference does it make?
We have the author who is the person presenting the argument. The stimulus which is the passage. The question stem which gives the direction then lastly the answer choices.
So, it is crucial to first identify the author's argument from any other argument presented. This may be a silly question but will the pattern always consist of The passage, QS, and then answer choices in that particular order?
I feel like you should have switched the lesson before this with this one because you use a lot of these keywords in the previous lesson and it would have been more helpful to know what they meant earlier on in the lesson.
Thinking about the author as someone who is speaking to you and trying to convince you of their main point has been very helpful to me. I used to read LR questions and always feel that they were so convincing, which makes it so much harder to evaluate the argument when you read it as you normally would any trusted news source. I got some advice to think about arguments in the LSAT as being told to you by someone you really don't trust or a political figure you really disagree with, so you enter the reading already skeptical and looking for possible flaws.
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Imagine being completely unbothered by the F bombs and other profanity, but upset over the use of "her" instead of "his" or "their." I can't even.
You all talking about the grammatical challenge of using "their" instead of "her", and how it's women's turn now, just stop it! Why care about it. His or her???... the author can be a he or a she. Perhaps the person writing this is a female and that's her default method of writing, as mine is to use "his" in this context.
so basically the author is writing a stimulus
then it ill be questioned by the question stem and then answers
The author write the passage or STIMULUS to you persuading you of their argument. Think of them as speaking to you.
The question aka QUESTION STEM is a question which points to a direction for you to pick the right answer choice.
They should change "trying to sell you on her conclusion" to "trying to sell you on their conclusion". No reason for it to be gender specific.
Looking at some Logical reasoning questions: I always read the stimulus twice, but it is interesting to think of the stimulus as a reader speaking to you.
Good advice!
The author is the person writing the passage to you. The passage is the same thing as the stimulus. The question stem lays out the directions for you to choose the correct answer choice.
i never had a mindset of viewing the author as someone that is speaking to me. that will be really helpful for myself moving forward and i am excited to try it.
The example of what the different components are for each question was incredibly helpful!
the author (writes the)→passage/stimulus (for context of)→the question stem (which lays out directions to)→the correct answer
I am having problems printing the problem set on. The communication send me to an Intercom space. Does anyone else have this issue and can you help?!
Logical reasoning
Three parts
- The passage/stimulus
- The question stem
- Answer choices
Author is the person writing the passage
Why isn't there an explanation video for PT15 S2 Q08? It's rated "harder". I got it incorrect, and could definitely use an explanation on it. I set up a problem set from CC with questions that were all ranked "harder" or "hardest". I got all of them correct besides that one. #help
The author is the person writing the passage to you. The passage is the same thing as the stimulus. The question stem lays out the directions for you to choose the correct answer choice.
Would it be more helpful to read "question stem" or the "stimulus" first when approaching an LR question?
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The components picture is a broken thumbnail.
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When J.Y. says "In the curriculum, I will often refer to the “author’s argument” as “our argument” or the “argument.” Take note of this when it happens." what is the significance of this and why should we take note of it? What difference does it make?
We have the author who is the person presenting the argument. The stimulus which is the passage. The question stem which gives the direction then lastly the answer choices.
Recap: The LR questions will have: 1) The passage or "Stimulus" 2) The question 3) The answer choices.
Need to keep in mind that although we might see other arguments in the passage, the one we need to focus is the Author's.
The question stem will lay out the directions to the answer choice.
TRUE, but I'm also thinking that each particular stem defers to a question type, which operate with their own internal logics.
So, it is crucial to first identify the author's argument from any other argument presented. This may be a silly question but will the pattern always consist of The passage, QS, and then answer choices in that particular order?
Is it just me or is the content above suppose to be blurry and unreadable?
I feel like you should have switched the lesson before this with this one because you use a lot of these keywords in the previous lesson and it would have been more helpful to know what they meant earlier on in the lesson.
Thinking about the author as someone who is speaking to you and trying to convince you of their main point has been very helpful to me. I used to read LR questions and always feel that they were so convincing, which makes it so much harder to evaluate the argument when you read it as you normally would any trusted news source. I got some advice to think about arguments in the LSAT as being told to you by someone you really don't trust or a political figure you really disagree with, so you enter the reading already skeptical and looking for possible flaws.