A Skill Builder with negative referential would make sense here. This [referential to Skill builder] seems more like continuation of the previous lessons.
I feel like using the word "not" for other or otherwise is making it more confusing for me because it makes it sound even less natural. I wish they found a better way to explain it.
for Question 2 it says "acted" is a referent, but I don't see how.
for Q2 I said:
"the plan" points to "to reform the electoral process)
"anyone who thinks otherwise" is a negative referential to "anyone who thinks the president acted NOT in the best interest of the nation.
"this decision" points to "the decision to reject the plan proposed by parliament to reform the electoral process"
@AlenaKane I also did not identify "acted." However, after watching the video, I understand "acted" to be referential to "rejecting the plan..." Without the first clause of the sentence, we would not know how the president acted. I hope this explanation kind of helps lol
@joycetheok Unsure if this is still a topic of concern but I'm leaving this below in case it can be of help to you or anyone else who had a similar approach to this question.
I think you determine that 'them' refers to 'personal attacks' by using the 'but' in the middle of the sentence. 'Personal attacks' is established as the focus of the sentence before the comma and then you are provided two different opinions on the them (the editorialists and voters).
A similar example would be: My dad made milk tea, I like milk tea but my brother does not.
The 'but' is essentially introducing an opposing perspective on the established topic.
For the Q5 referential "those", why is it just "novels" rather than "successful novels?" Is it just that the detail of successful is an unnecessary modifier that doesn't need to be pointed out?
I thought this initially as well but then realized its because 'Rae's newest work' isn't actually attributed as being a 'most successful novel'. The passage is saying that it could be a successful novel. Considering 'work' as a referential to 'successful novels' would be deeming it is as a successful novel.
@Hanifa This might not be super helpful, but when you try replacing the referential with the referent, in this case it would be "The most successful novels have been the novels that deliver etc etc" which just sounds more natural than saying "The most successful novels have been the successful novels that deliver etc etc" which sounds a little redundant. It's not a technical way to approach understanding the specific phrase that is being referred to, but I think intuitively it makes a little more sense to me if the referent is just "novels." I hope that helps a little!
@Hanifa I don't even think it's "wrong" either way to think of it as "the most successful novels" or just "novels". This sort of sentence defines itself -- you could essentially re-write the sentence as: "The most successful novels have narrative suspense and character development." But the LSAT is obnoxious and will write a sentence extra strangely just to be annoying.
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Mag-pees lol
Is there a comprehensive list of all the referentials mentioned the last few lessons?
A Skill Builder with negative referential would make sense here. This [referential to Skill builder] seems more like continuation of the previous lessons.
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I feel like using the word "not" for other or otherwise is making it more confusing for me because it makes it sound even less natural. I wish they found a better way to explain it.
for Question 2 it says "acted" is a referent, but I don't see how.
for Q2 I said:
"the plan" points to "to reform the electoral process)
"anyone who thinks otherwise" is a negative referential to "anyone who thinks the president acted NOT in the best interest of the nation.
"this decision" points to "the decision to reject the plan proposed by parliament to reform the electoral process"
did anyone else get this?
@AlenaKane Everything that you said was spot on to my disagreements with this section. Glad I am not the only one.
@AlenaKane I also did not identify "acted." However, after watching the video, I understand "acted" to be referential to "rejecting the plan..." Without the first clause of the sentence, we would not know how the president acted. I hope this explanation kind of helps lol
i feel like i already understood all of this beforehand, but now i feel like im confused about it?
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In Q4, does anyone else think that "them" in the first sentence could also refer to editorialists?
@joycetheok yeah, I was confused on that question as well.
@joycetheok Unsure if this is still a topic of concern but I'm leaving this below in case it can be of help to you or anyone else who had a similar approach to this question.
I think you determine that 'them' refers to 'personal attacks' by using the 'but' in the middle of the sentence. 'Personal attacks' is established as the focus of the sentence before the comma and then you are provided two different opinions on the them (the editorialists and voters).
A similar example would be: My dad made milk tea, I like milk tea but my brother does not.
The 'but' is essentially introducing an opposing perspective on the established topic.
overall: just make sure you read the text word for word and you'll get through it.
For the Q5 referential "those", why is it just "novels" rather than "successful novels?" Is it just that the detail of successful is an unnecessary modifier that doesn't need to be pointed out?
ok this is starting to make more sense
why is work not a referential in Q5? I'm assuming it is a novel if it excels in both aspects referenced.
@Bnwilborn8
I thought this initially as well but then realized its because 'Rae's newest work' isn't actually attributed as being a 'most successful novel'. The passage is saying that it could be a successful novel. Considering 'work' as a referential to 'successful novels' would be deeming it is as a successful novel.
I feel like I always get majority but miss a couple in each phrase, does anybody have any tips on that?
This was a very necessary lesson
Probably the only activity so far that I’ve scored decent in.
@SayraiWilliams lol same
Much better this time around
don't you think that "who" is also a referential in Q2?
ok this makes sense!
WE are getting locked in now
struggled with this....didnt realize how many referential there are!
In Question 4, could "everyone" be a referential and if so, would it refer to just the voters, or all three parties?
@ReganWilliams It sounds plausible.
It could refer to Politicians, Editorialists, and Voters.
But, I'll say it most likely refers to Editorialists and Voters, given these are the ones who acted on "politicians' personal attacks".
Why, you may ask.
I don't know, I have to say.
It just one angle.
In Question 5, why "those" refer only to "novels" but not "the most successful novels"?
@Hanifa This might not be super helpful, but when you try replacing the referential with the referent, in this case it would be "The most successful novels have been the novels that deliver etc etc" which just sounds more natural than saying "The most successful novels have been the successful novels that deliver etc etc" which sounds a little redundant. It's not a technical way to approach understanding the specific phrase that is being referred to, but I think intuitively it makes a little more sense to me if the referent is just "novels." I hope that helps a little!
@Hanifa I don't even think it's "wrong" either way to think of it as "the most successful novels" or just "novels". This sort of sentence defines itself -- you could essentially re-write the sentence as: "The most successful novels have narrative suspense and character development." But the LSAT is obnoxious and will write a sentence extra strangely just to be annoying.
@AnandChoudhary Thank you! Replacing it with "novels", It makes sense now.
@ZealousAltruisticMode Exactly! there is a lot of manipulation that I personally didn't sign up for lols
In Q3 I had:
"has decreased" & "this decrease" refers to "population of songbirds"
"has decreased" is not in the answer. Is it because has decreased is a modifier and not a referent?
"which" refers to "magpies"
I didn't include, "the same period" refers to "recent years" but I noticed it after reading it again.
Number two is using the verb "acted" as a referential? Feels weird, but I understand the reasoning
In Q2 - isn't 'the plan' referring to 'reform the electoral process'? Idk why but I didn't think of 'acted' being the referring word here.
Q4 is tricky because couldn't 'them' also refer to the editorialists' criticisms?
@ChinasaGrant I had the same thought for Q2! Never would have guessed acted.