Some thing I learned outside of 7Sage that really helped me identify an author’s premise and conclusion on the LSAT is the “so” test.
How it works: Take two claims and place the word “so” between them. The “so” should create A logical sentence, with the first sentence giving support to the second.
Premise → so → Conclusion → usually makes logical sense.
Conclusion → so → Premise → usually does not make sense. (No Support)
If you are unsure, say the sentence out loud. The direction that sounds natural usually reveals the author’s conclusion.
@GabrielaH There’s a YouTube channel called Insight LSAT. It’s the first video under Courses, you’ll find all their LSAT videos there. They’re pretty helpful, but a little vague compared to 7Sage.
These lessons are really excellent. I struggled a bit with the foundational stuff, but doing these has helped me realize that I was learning more than I thought!
We have all done that. The important thing is that you are catching that instead of the real test. I have gotten so many wrong questions in PT because I misunderstood or missed key words or did not noticed how they employed key words to mislead us.
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Cool, another trick. How clumsy of me, I should have recalled this trick amongst the twenty billion other tricks on this god damn test.
i fell for the trap :(
me too lmao. it's a learning process!
@urvaan me too, the video was literally speaking to my exact thought process LOL
This was the hardest so far
got my ahhhh
I too fell victim to this.
FAHHH, i was on a roll but fell for the trap on this one
@AssumptionBandit me toooo
This one most def got me. I believe with more practice I will get the hang of it
You definitely will!
So nice to know I'm not the only one that fell for it lol
Im getting sick of holding my breath and praying im correct with this shit.
SAME!!
lmaoooo forreal
This question humbled me!
Same
bruh i am so mad i fell for that
I've gotten every other question right except for this one, glad to see im not the only one who got tricked!
yea lmao same
I thought i was so smart when I saw "thus" lol
CRYINGGG!
I didn’t fall for the trap!!!!!!! I think I am finally getting the hang of MC questions
Wooooo!
bruh i got tricked
They got me with the trap! 😃 I thought I was being slick and fast and saving so much time by clicking it so quickly.
This Q came at the perfect time to smack me back into reality.
same here!
Same here, I guess I need to skim through the whole text.
Some thing I learned outside of 7Sage that really helped me identify an author’s premise and conclusion on the LSAT is the “so” test.
How it works: Take two claims and place the word “so” between them. The “so” should create A logical sentence, with the first sentence giving support to the second.
Premise → so → Conclusion → usually makes logical sense.
Conclusion → so → Premise → usually does not make sense. (No Support)
If you are unsure, say the sentence out loud. The direction that sounds natural usually reveals the author’s conclusion.
@David77 where is this lesson to look at it?
@GabrielaH There’s a YouTube channel called Insight LSAT. It’s the first video under Courses, you’ll find all their LSAT videos there. They’re pretty helpful, but a little vague compared to 7Sage.
@David77 thank you so much!
I got tricked!
Same! I need to be more careful
I successfully took the bait and got it wrong. It was glorious....
HAHA same lol. I think I need to tone done the duration of my study sessions because as the day goes on my mind just fails me after 8 to 9 hours.
same! then i realized my mistake on the blind review and chose the correct answer. 😔
I fell for the trap. I have now become Anakin in revenge of the Sith
me too
Seems like we all got tricked. i was doing so well getting them right.
These lessons are really excellent. I struggled a bit with the foundational stuff, but doing these has helped me realize that I was learning more than I thought!
hopefully it is also true for the other kind of questions! I will admit I got this one wrong though. so for the only one wrong.
I fell for trap kms
We have all done that. The important thing is that you are catching that instead of the real test. I have gotten so many wrong questions in PT because I misunderstood or missed key words or did not noticed how they employed key words to mislead us.
Just when I gain a bit of confidence this test humbles me every single time lol
Did I think the conclusion indicator was too obvious? Yes
Did I contemplate that AC E might be too obvious and leading me to a trap? Yes
Despite this, did I fall for the trap? Yes 😭