For question 2, why is the whole conditional a conclusion and not just: "the rate of interest can be reduced by an equal amount without there being a change in the true rate of earnings"
@KhushyMandania Im pretty sure because the Conclusion is the point being made; If x then Y. If inflation drops, then proportionally interest drops. The first sentence supports this by stating the factual relationship with one another
Good lord I'm surprised I keep getting 5/5s. My brain was kinda fried when I did Q2 and I had to re-read it like 6 times even after taking a short breather. Any folks have tips on how to eliminate brain fog/regain focus to get back to studying?
Are we going to see any stimulus on PTs or the LSAT that actually looks like question #1, or are these exercises simply to help us strengthen our abilities to identify premises and conclusions? I'm wondering if there will be any non-arguments on the LSAT for LR sections.
4/5, number 5 mixed me up a bit. While instead of aiming to try to find the sentence that could be the conclusions (which I picked the beginning, ie. "No fizzing... box labeled "baking soda."") That I should've been looking for the part of the question that could be proven or disproven from the earlier or later statements. If that makes sense.
Someone from the previous page said to ask yourself "Why is it true?". While, evaluating the conclusion and premise in the stimulus and its been helpful.
Also, consider the Arguement sturcture - Where is the Aim (Presuasion), Definition (Premise + Conclusion), and Structure (Support).
I feel like these drills are using weak arguments to try and trip us up from identifying the weak support structure. 5/5 still but there was a moment of confusion in there because the argument just seemed wrong!
I could break apart the second one but I was getting overwhelmed by the finance talk. I knew consequently meant there pointing to conclusions but that conclusion didn't make any sense to me so I started second guessing myself.
I got 3/5 on this one. for 1, I didn't realize that you can have NO argument (missed that part of the instructions), and 4, since I didn't know that a conclusion could begin mid-sentence as in this case with a comma.
@ShanR Q2 tripped me up as well, I thought there was no argument here because 1. I am trying not to just rely on typical conclusion words and 2. The two statements didn't seem to be presenting an argument, just two 'facts'. But I guess now that I know the answer, is the author's main point here to dispute the premise? The premise being: there's only one true way to get an annual rate of earnings on interest.
While I know conclusions will not always follow the premise in the structure of a paragraph. I couldn't help but recognize that pattern in these 5 examples, making me not think as hard for the questions 4 and 5. Any advice to stay away from my intuition and learn to read what is in front of me?
these are lowkey easy if you just try to fit the words "if" and "then" into the front of the sentences you think are conclusions and premises like for three it would be "IF some of these studies...THEN not all operational..." and thats what helped me
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For question 2, why is the whole conditional a conclusion and not just: "the rate of interest can be reduced by an equal amount without there being a change in the true rate of earnings"
@KhushyMandania Im pretty sure because the Conclusion is the point being made; If x then Y. If inflation drops, then proportionally interest drops. The first sentence supports this by stating the factual relationship with one another
Good lord I'm surprised I keep getting 5/5s. My brain was kinda fried when I did Q2 and I had to re-read it like 6 times even after taking a short breather. Any folks have tips on how to eliminate brain fog/regain focus to get back to studying?
5/5 yay!!
Are we going to see any stimulus on PTs or the LSAT that actually looks like question #1, or are these exercises simply to help us strengthen our abilities to identify premises and conclusions? I'm wondering if there will be any non-arguments on the LSAT for LR sections.
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5/5. Finally getting some full scores on this!
5/5
5/5!!
Saying to yourself “ does that support this” Really helps if im not absolutely sure on premise/ conclusion
5/5 on this one and the last one, typeee beatttt.
5/5 finally!
5/5!!!
4/5, number 5 mixed me up a bit. While instead of aiming to try to find the sentence that could be the conclusions (which I picked the beginning, ie. "No fizzing... box labeled "baking soda."") That I should've been looking for the part of the question that could be proven or disproven from the earlier or later statements. If that makes sense.
Someone from the previous page said to ask yourself "Why is it true?". While, evaluating the conclusion and premise in the stimulus and its been helpful.
Also, consider the Arguement sturcture - Where is the Aim (Presuasion), Definition (Premise + Conclusion), and Structure (Support).
I feel like these drills are using weak arguments to try and trip us up from identifying the weak support structure. 5/5 still but there was a moment of confusion in there because the argument just seemed wrong!
I could break apart the second one but I was getting overwhelmed by the finance talk. I knew consequently meant there pointing to conclusions but that conclusion didn't make any sense to me so I started second guessing myself.
@Tombee64 same
4/5!!! It's a good start!
I got 3/5 on this one. for 1, I didn't realize that you can have NO argument (missed that part of the instructions), and 4, since I didn't know that a conclusion could begin mid-sentence as in this case with a comma.
5/5!!! YAY
I guess a part of me feel likes Q2 could be switched around....but is it more of a "if, then" statement thing?
@ShanR Q2 tripped me up as well, I thought there was no argument here because 1. I am trying not to just rely on typical conclusion words and 2. The two statements didn't seem to be presenting an argument, just two 'facts'. But I guess now that I know the answer, is the author's main point here to dispute the premise? The premise being: there's only one true way to get an annual rate of earnings on interest.
5/5 yeeeeeeeeehhh
5/5 lesggooo
While I know conclusions will not always follow the premise in the structure of a paragraph. I couldn't help but recognize that pattern in these 5 examples, making me not think as hard for the questions 4 and 5. Any advice to stay away from my intuition and learn to read what is in front of me?
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@VictoriaStewart same 5/5!!
these are lowkey easy if you just try to fit the words "if" and "then" into the front of the sentences you think are conclusions and premises like for three it would be "IF some of these studies...THEN not all operational..." and thats what helped me