I have been getting all these questions right so far (and often within the time margin), but find that I am not really able to identify minor vs. major premises and tend to ignore sub-conclusions.
I usually just look for the main conclusion within the stimulus. Is this a bad approach?
I thought that the minor premise was the major premise/sub conclusion and that the major premise/sub conclusion was just a regular premise. Is this a problem? If so how do I fix that?
(I was 100% confident in my answer and got it right but I just want to make sure this confusion isn't an issue)
Does anyone have any tips on hitting the target time for each question. I am alway a few seconds over it but have been getting all the questions correct so far. Would love some tips or strategies!
These lessons with blind reviews and video explanations are remarkably helpful. These will definitely help me to identify the conclusions during the LSAT feel habitual.
If anyone is having trouble with this question, this is what I did.
I read the question and highlighted what I am looking for. Read the passage twice. First time and then read it again. Highlight what sticks out to you. Think back to how 7sage taught you to look for premises and conclusions. Compare answers. It should draw you to the right answer.
A tip from me:
Indicators - if it makes sense use them, if not then ditch it or try another indicator.
In this case the key is the since indicator (for, since, because) - > Con since Pre. What goes before and after these key words.
Or Another way of thinking about it is reading it like someone telling you a story. It helps me stay engaged. I find that this helps me find what I am looking for.
I am doing great on all of the questions and I have gotten each one correct so far, but I'm off of the target time by 15-30 seconds each time. Does anyone have tips on how to get faster? The first time I took the LSAT this was my biggest struggle.
Pondered between A & D , in the end I chose D. I was able to find additional similarities to the MC in Answer choice D than A because of the repetitive grammar. (worthwhile) (trial) (practices)
Sorry if this has been answered before, but for logical reasoning questions, should we read the question first before the stimulus so we know what to look for? Or just read the stimulus first?
The second sentence of the context makes a claim. "the penalty impoesd on the companyy will probably have little if any effect on its behavior." How do we make the distinction between this being the authors claim or context. I was stuck between C and D and eventually chose D because the premises supported it more than C but this still tripped me up.
This structure makes learning this type of question so easy -- I'm nervous I won't identify the right question on the test itself, but I keep getting the questions right so I'll cross my fingers that this knowledge will stick in that larger context!!
Finding the conclusion and premise is very vital. It has helped me successfully answer all questions related to main conclusion. I spent 2 minutes answering these questions but at the end I was able to get them all right because I identified the conclusion and the premise.
My gut was telling me that the answer containing the conclusion "trial was worthwhile", but I quickly jumped through the answers to try completing the question quickly. Eventually I saw the answer in one of the choices, but it
So far what has helped me the most in getting these questions right is by finding the conclusion in the stimulus and finding that conclusion in one of the answer choices,
This is more of a general question, less of a content one. Just wondering about others strategies while studying. If you get the 'You Try' questions right, do you guys still go through and listen to all the options and explanations. I usually am able to limit it down to 2 during the question, and have been picking correctly between them. I will typically just listen to the explanations of the correct one and what I was between. Just wondering if others who are getting them right are still listening to the whole thing, or just the answers they were between, or not at all!
was anybody else slightly thrown off by the author's statement that the penalty would likely have little effect on the company's behavior? I ended up choosing D because I realized that the rest of the stimulus was most relevant to the answer choice, but I read that statement as a conclusion because it seemed like the author was making a prediction they may later try to justify.
The pattern recognition was really helpful! I feel like keeping the pattern in mind lets me cut through the multiple choices with more confidence.
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The conclusion is this:
If you had one sentence to take away/get straight to the point...it would be the conclusion.
I have been getting all these questions right so far (and often within the time margin), but find that I am not really able to identify minor vs. major premises and tend to ignore sub-conclusions.
I usually just look for the main conclusion within the stimulus. Is this a bad approach?
I am getting all these questions wrong in this module. Help!
I thought that the minor premise was the major premise/sub conclusion and that the major premise/sub conclusion was just a regular premise. Is this a problem? If so how do I fix that?
(I was 100% confident in my answer and got it right but I just want to make sure this confusion isn't an issue)
Getting all these questions right in this module!!! Congrats to everyone working so hard - this stuff ain't easy!!
Does anyone have any tips on hitting the target time for each question. I am alway a few seconds over it but have been getting all the questions correct so far. Would love some tips or strategies!
These lessons with blind reviews and video explanations are remarkably helpful. These will definitely help me to identify the conclusions during the LSAT feel habitual.
Always highlight the different parts! I underline what I think may be the conclusion as I am going through and it helps SO much!!!
If anyone is having trouble with this question, this is what I did.
I read the question and highlighted what I am looking for. Read the passage twice. First time and then read it again. Highlight what sticks out to you. Think back to how 7sage taught you to look for premises and conclusions. Compare answers. It should draw you to the right answer.
A tip from me:
Indicators - if it makes sense use them, if not then ditch it or try another indicator.
In this case the key is the since indicator (for, since, because) - > Con since Pre. What goes before and after these key words.
Or Another way of thinking about it is reading it like someone telling you a story. It helps me stay engaged. I find that this helps me find what I am looking for.
Is "after all" a premise or conclusion indicator? To me after all is the same as therefore.
#feedback #help
I am doing great on all of the questions and I have gotten each one correct so far, but I'm off of the target time by 15-30 seconds each time. Does anyone have tips on how to get faster? The first time I took the LSAT this was my biggest struggle.
Structure:
CTX: "A large company....behavior"
Main conc.: "Still, the trial was worthwhile..."
Major premise / sub-conclusion: "...since it provided..."
Minor premise: "After all, ..."
Answer Choices:
(A) Author says trial was worthwhile, doesn't speculate on if the company had not been convicted.
(B) cookie cutter wrong: premise not conclusion
(C) cookie cutter wrong: context not conclusion
(D) answer: structure: The company's trial (referent = good) was worthwhile
(E) doesn't answer MCC question type at all
I am curious, how long does it take you guys to read the stem, question, answers and making the decision which one to pick?
Personally it takes me 90-120 seconds.
P.S. English is not my native language, I moved to the United States few months ago. My English is very good, but not scientifically good.
Pondered between A & D , in the end I chose D. I was able to find additional similarities to the MC in Answer choice D than A because of the repetitive grammar. (worthwhile) (trial) (practices)
Sorry if this has been answered before, but for logical reasoning questions, should we read the question first before the stimulus so we know what to look for? Or just read the stimulus first?
Would the second sentence of the context be considered the hypotheses of the passage?
The second sentence of the context makes a claim. "the penalty impoesd on the companyy will probably have little if any effect on its behavior." How do we make the distinction between this being the authors claim or context. I was stuck between C and D and eventually chose D because the premises supported it more than C but this still tripped me up.
This structure makes learning this type of question so easy -- I'm nervous I won't identify the right question on the test itself, but I keep getting the questions right so I'll cross my fingers that this knowledge will stick in that larger context!!
#help I keep getting confused the context with the argument/conclusion :(
Finding the conclusion and premise is very vital. It has helped me successfully answer all questions related to main conclusion. I spent 2 minutes answering these questions but at the end I was able to get them all right because I identified the conclusion and the premise.
My gut was telling me that the answer containing the conclusion "trial was worthwhile", but I quickly jumped through the answers to try completing the question quickly. Eventually I saw the answer in one of the choices, but it
took me a whole 24seconds past the target time
So far what has helped me the most in getting these questions right is by finding the conclusion in the stimulus and finding that conclusion in one of the answer choices,
This is more of a general question, less of a content one. Just wondering about others strategies while studying. If you get the 'You Try' questions right, do you guys still go through and listen to all the options and explanations. I usually am able to limit it down to 2 during the question, and have been picking correctly between them. I will typically just listen to the explanations of the correct one and what I was between. Just wondering if others who are getting them right are still listening to the whole thing, or just the answers they were between, or not at all!
was anybody else slightly thrown off by the author's statement that the penalty would likely have little effect on the company's behavior? I ended up choosing D because I realized that the rest of the stimulus was most relevant to the answer choice, but I read that statement as a conclusion because it seemed like the author was making a prediction they may later try to justify.
The pattern recognition was really helpful! I feel like keeping the pattern in mind lets me cut through the multiple choices with more confidence.