Something that I'm working on overcoming is working through these questions too quickly. For some reason, I'm getting in my own head and believing that these practice questions are strictly timed, but frankly, we're only a few hours into studying, so we should be focused on comprehending the fundamentals rather than working with the efficiency of a master; that'll come once we have the basics down! Give yourself grace and understanding!
Are there two major premises in this? 1) The sentence that "indicates that there is a warm sea" (also the subsidiary conclusion) and 2) the warm sea is a primary factor in the early dev of life. Both supporting the Major Conclusion that we should believe there's life on Europa?
Got this one right. I was a minute and 22 seconds over, though. At first, I picked B, as I thought that the first conclusion was the main conclusion, but I read the entire passage. So A, is the subsidiary conclusion from the first premise that supports the main conclusion, "so there is a reason to believe that there may be life on Europa".
I picked E, and I was torn between A and E. Now I get it, but man I feel like I'm just not getting this stuff. My gut told me A at first, but as always went for the wrong answer
Ugh I got this wrong. I didn't really know what a subsidiary conclusion met and I only really focused on the main conclusion. This was very hard for my brain to break down.
I got this question right, but can someone explain to me why the first sentance is a premise instead of context? In the video explanation, I understand that it is being used as evidence to support the sub-conclusion, but I feel like it is tricky because the way I saw it was table-setting context. If someone could break it down further for me that would be great!
Funny thing about this question. I got it right on the first try for 3/5 difficulty and completely missed the 1/5 difficulty question. This happens often and it is killing my score.
I did find it odd that in the section testing what we’ve learned so far, we’re introduced to sub conclusions. It was surprising to see a correct answer choice involving a concept not yet covered.
I picked E because one I didn't know what a subsidiary conclusion was, but using context clues I picked E because I thought it was what A was saying and my mind thought A said what E had said, if that makes sense
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Something that I'm working on overcoming is working through these questions too quickly. For some reason, I'm getting in my own head and believing that these practice questions are strictly timed, but frankly, we're only a few hours into studying, so we should be focused on comprehending the fundamentals rather than working with the efficiency of a master; that'll come once we have the basics down! Give yourself grace and understanding!
Got it wrong then blind reviewed and got it right!
I notice in the explanations he reads the questions first then moves to the paragraphs. Should we do it in this order when responding to questions?
Yay! I feel better about this one than the first one actually LOL
Any recommendations for you guys breaking down the passage? Having 0/2 now and am getting confused :/
got it right! :)
I got it right but I was 00:52 over, E was tripping me up a bit.
Got this one! focusing on nailing the points, identifying each piece of the argument, then ill focus on doing it quicker with more practice!
I got it right, but was +1:12 over :/ bc D and E were tripping me up, but atleast i got it right.
1/1 LETS GO
Are there two major premises in this? 1) The sentence that "indicates that there is a warm sea" (also the subsidiary conclusion) and 2) the warm sea is a primary factor in the early dev of life. Both supporting the Major Conclusion that we should believe there's life on Europa?
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Got this one right. I was a minute and 22 seconds over, though. At first, I picked B, as I thought that the first conclusion was the main conclusion, but I read the entire passage. So A, is the subsidiary conclusion from the first premise that supports the main conclusion, "so there is a reason to believe that there may be life on Europa".
Was torn between A and D for a minute, but then I felt a lightbulb going on. Feeling pretty good about identifying the premises and conclusions
Note to self: Subsidiary and Subsequent are not synonyms.
this photographic was the conclusion
I got the two answers correct fairly easily, but I need to move much quicker than I did to answer them due to the time constraints of the LSAT.
I picked E, and I was torn between A and E. Now I get it, but man I feel like I'm just not getting this stuff. My gut told me A at first, but as always went for the wrong answer
Is consideration another word for premise? The second to last answer choice had this and was wondering.
Ugh I got this wrong. I didn't really know what a subsidiary conclusion met and I only really focused on the main conclusion. This was very hard for my brain to break down.
I got this question right, but can someone explain to me why the first sentance is a premise instead of context? In the video explanation, I understand that it is being used as evidence to support the sub-conclusion, but I feel like it is tricky because the way I saw it was table-setting context. If someone could break it down further for me that would be great!
Note:subsidiary conclusion means intermediate conclusion ( meaning its like a conclusion that leads to another conclusion.)
D is wrong because their was multiple considerations not just one.....
Funny thing about this question. I got it right on the first try for 3/5 difficulty and completely missed the 1/5 difficulty question. This happens often and it is killing my score.
I did find it odd that in the section testing what we’ve learned so far, we’re introduced to sub conclusions. It was surprising to see a correct answer choice involving a concept not yet covered.
I picked E because one I didn't know what a subsidiary conclusion was, but using context clues I picked E because I thought it was what A was saying and my mind thought A said what E had said, if that makes sense