I got it correct the first time, but the time I took on it was horrible. Literally sat there with B selected and still kept rereading the other answer choices :(
I didn't recognize the first sentence as context, I figured it would be a sub-conclusion. I know we have indicator words but I'm trying to not rely on them. "But" is an indicator word for context too haha. I did get this right but I'm curious to know if I possibly am not thinking about this correctly since I figured the first sentence was a sub-conclusion?
Do you always recommend skipping answers like C that have extra information as soon as you see the extra info? I'd be afraid to skip the answer moving too quickly.
not sure if this is helpful or not, but as i read through it and saw "but" i knew i had to identify the context first, then read again to understand the point of the context. it then became easier for me to find the conclusion and the premise.
chose A at first, then did the blind review and chose answer choice B. The thing is I didnt fully understand the Question Stem and after doing the blind review I managed to cross out A and C and it left me with B sounding the most correct
I think my strategy for this type of question will go as follows: Find claim in text, highlight it, read answer choices alphabetically until you get the one that matches what you highlighted, proceed to next question
I dont understand the point of the blind review because there is nothing different about the review vs the question. I got it right the first time, B, then on the blind review I second guessed myself and chose E.
@ShinyLoser I think you can preview (sneak peak) whether or not you got it right the first time and then decide to blind review if you guessed and or got it wrong?
Identified the conclusion, context, and the premise. realized that B is a rewrite of the main conclusion, and did not get the answer correctly (not even during BR). Why?
didn't pay attention to the question. thought it was asking which choice strengthen the conclusion.
takeaway: READ THE QUESTION. LET IT GET DIGESTED FULLY.
First I looked to the question itself. The question asks us to look for something that is most similar to the conclusion. So now I'm focused on finding the conclusion less so concerned about details of the support, etc.
I determined the conclusion to be:
But not all efforts to increase productivity are beneficial to the business as a whole.
The argument follows a, context, counter conclusion, support format. Looking at the word "but" i believed the conclusion would follow as the next claim would refute the big idea that preceded it. To give further support to my picking of this to be the conclusion I looked to the following sentences and deemed these to be reasons WHY not all efforts to increase productivity are good. Perhaps I need to understand better the support links to the conclusion here.
Looking to my answer choices I now know I am looking for some phrase that is similar to "But not all efforts to increase productivity are beneficial to the business as a whole."
A: talks about actions in general not actions concerning productivity. Too broad
B: This was my answer. Almost verbatim the conclusion above. Some is analogous to but not all, measures to efforts, and then literally the rest of the sentence is the same lol.
C: Completely off base. No where did we discuss employee/owner roles
D: Perhaps if you thought the first sentence was the conclusion this could be correct. But the first sentence is context/counter information
E: I could see this being the next most popular answer. If you thought the final idea was the conclusion this is most similar to that. However, employee security is very clearly not the main idea of this passage. With every sentence centered around the idea of productivity it was clear to me that the author is more concerned with these measures effects on business and less on employee feelings.
I had the conclusion and premise right and I used process of elimination to cross out C,D, & E. I was between A & B and picked A, but in my blind review I understood that B is the closest to the conclusion... ugh baby steps...
I got it right but I was wrong for the premise and conclusion. I had it the other way around. What i did was find the answer that matches what the passage was saying.
I second-guessed myself, while I was initially right I ended up thinking the part about dissmissed employees was the conclusion. Just for clarification... that's a premise? It just seems that last part is what the author is concluding.
@LibertyBeavers The word clearly is definitely a throw off, as that can be an indicator word, but as a conclusion it has no support structure. If you were to ask "Why are dismissed employees harmed and senses of security rattled? outside of that sentence (whereas we assume dismissal is harmful).
"Because attempts at increasing productivity decrease the number of employees" doesn't work, it doesn't get a reason, support the harm statement, and the conclusion in this case wouldn't be related to productivity either. It just concurs with there being less employees.
Tbh I, first found the conclusion. Then used the process of elimination at first and eliminated D and E, since they did not include anything about the business as a whole. Then, I compared the A, B, and C and picked which one was the closest to the conclusion.
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I got it correct the first time, but the time I took on it was horrible. Literally sat there with B selected and still kept rereading the other answer choices :(
Got it on my third try lol… went from E to A then finally to B, which was correct.
I didn't recognize the first sentence as context, I figured it would be a sub-conclusion. I know we have indicator words but I'm trying to not rely on them. "But" is an indicator word for context too haha. I did get this right but I'm curious to know if I possibly am not thinking about this correctly since I figured the first sentence was a sub-conclusion?
I pray the entire LSAT is just these easy questions lmao
Do you always recommend skipping answers like C that have extra information as soon as you see the extra info? I'd be afraid to skip the answer moving too quickly.
Got it correct the first time!! :D
got it correct following the steps and identifying context, premise and conclusion.
yay!! proud of myself for getting this correct. I was between A or B, but chose B bc it seemed the most accurate and to the point
not sure if this is helpful or not, but as i read through it and saw "but" i knew i had to identify the context first, then read again to understand the point of the context. it then became easier for me to find the conclusion and the premise.
chose A at first, then did the blind review and chose answer choice B. The thing is I didnt fully understand the Question Stem and after doing the blind review I managed to cross out A and C and it left me with B sounding the most correct
The highlight feature is sooo helpful. Highlighting the premise(s), conclusion, and concession made it much easier to eliminate the wrong choices.
@tst19 agreed, wish we had more color options though
I think my strategy for this type of question will go as follows: Find claim in text, highlight it, read answer choices alphabetically until you get the one that matches what you highlighted, proceed to next question
I dont understand the point of the blind review because there is nothing different about the review vs the question. I got it right the first time, B, then on the blind review I second guessed myself and chose E.
@ShinyLoser I think you can preview (sneak peak) whether or not you got it right the first time and then decide to blind review if you guessed and or got it wrong?
Identified the conclusion, context, and the premise. realized that B is a rewrite of the main conclusion, and did not get the answer correctly (not even during BR). Why?
didn't pay attention to the question. thought it was asking which choice strengthen the conclusion.
takeaway: READ THE QUESTION. LET IT GET DIGESTED FULLY.
This one was easier for me. My problem was spending time looking at all the other options too.
So table setting, followed by their opinion, followed by the argument being made, finished off by some other supportive / excess premises.
I got mixed up with the "context" info choosing C at first, but got it right on my blind review.
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@Erakatzo Always start with the question.
this one is rlly easy tbh
First I looked to the question itself. The question asks us to look for something that is most similar to the conclusion. So now I'm focused on finding the conclusion less so concerned about details of the support, etc.
I determined the conclusion to be:
But not all efforts to increase productivity are beneficial to the business as a whole.
The argument follows a, context, counter conclusion, support format. Looking at the word "but" i believed the conclusion would follow as the next claim would refute the big idea that preceded it. To give further support to my picking of this to be the conclusion I looked to the following sentences and deemed these to be reasons WHY not all efforts to increase productivity are good. Perhaps I need to understand better the support links to the conclusion here.
Looking to my answer choices I now know I am looking for some phrase that is similar to "But not all efforts to increase productivity are beneficial to the business as a whole."
A: talks about actions in general not actions concerning productivity. Too broad
B: This was my answer. Almost verbatim the conclusion above. Some is analogous to but not all, measures to efforts, and then literally the rest of the sentence is the same lol.
C: Completely off base. No where did we discuss employee/owner roles
D: Perhaps if you thought the first sentence was the conclusion this could be correct. But the first sentence is context/counter information
E: I could see this being the next most popular answer. If you thought the final idea was the conclusion this is most similar to that. However, employee security is very clearly not the main idea of this passage. With every sentence centered around the idea of productivity it was clear to me that the author is more concerned with these measures effects on business and less on employee feelings.
I had the conclusion and premise right and I used process of elimination to cross out C,D, & E. I was between A & B and picked A, but in my blind review I understood that B is the closest to the conclusion... ugh baby steps...
I got it right but I was wrong for the premise and conclusion. I had it the other way around. What i did was find the answer that matches what the passage was saying.
I second-guessed myself, while I was initially right I ended up thinking the part about dissmissed employees was the conclusion. Just for clarification... that's a premise? It just seems that last part is what the author is concluding.
@LibertyBeavers The word clearly is definitely a throw off, as that can be an indicator word, but as a conclusion it has no support structure. If you were to ask "Why are dismissed employees harmed and senses of security rattled? outside of that sentence (whereas we assume dismissal is harmful).
"Because attempts at increasing productivity decrease the number of employees" doesn't work, it doesn't get a reason, support the harm statement, and the conclusion in this case wouldn't be related to productivity either. It just concurs with there being less employees.
With no support, it can't be a conclusion.
Tbh I, first found the conclusion. Then used the process of elimination at first and eliminated D and E, since they did not include anything about the business as a whole. Then, I compared the A, B, and C and picked which one was the closest to the conclusion.
I didn't pick A because it's conditional. His reason and my reason on why A is wrong differ, and that's what throws me off.....