I don't think answer choice D describes the perspective of Some Astronomers. (D) says that the LHB was linked to a small body distintegrating.
The passage said: "Since the sizes of LHB craters suggest they were formed by large bodies, some astronomers believe that the LHB was linked to the disintegration of an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. In this view, a large body broke apart and peppered the inner solar system with debris."
@lzagrodnik I interpreted it as that a main point doesn't have to be the summary of the passage, but that still opens up the possibility that it could. As long as it includes the author's point, then it should be the right answer.
#help How do you blind review? Where is the feature for it? Do I just click submit?
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@MerlineMusthala I asked them about this the other day, there is no more BR in the lessons, only in drills and tests. Also BR sort of tells you which questions you got wrong now. It's weird.
@unknown Yeah so I put it in their feedback and they said that the reason why they don't have a blind review is because during the curriculum they want us to focus on the accuracy of the question and they expect that we take our time on these questions since they aren't drills or the test. I hope this helps :)
@EricT024 I feel for A. I was confident that E was too narrowly focused on the support from the last paragraph, only, to capture the whole passage. Despite recognizing E was a spot on match for the author's perspective. Opps.
Would it be OK to categorize everything before the author's opinion as context, in a way? From the way I see it, the author gave us a bunch of context about these three sides, then basically went "in light of that", and gave their new observations.
omg i was going about trying to figure out the MP of these passages COMPLETELY WRONG whoooops I was trying to sum. the entire passage rather than looking for the author's POV!
It's followed by "It seems to be a rare example..." and "This tiny piece of evidence suggests..."
In theory, the author could have gone on tocriticize the support. But here the author ends up explaining and showing agreement with the significance of the support.
How would we best describe the relationship and differences between summary and main point questions?
I understand we have made the distinction that a summary of the passage is NOT the same as the main point point of the passage, even though a main point answer can include some elements of a summary as long as it focuses on the main perspective.
What about if we were given a summary question? Does a summary HAVE to include the main point to be accurate? If so, should we be treating summary and main point questions as being more or less the same in that our goal is looking for the main point in both?
I would expect a summary answer must include the main point. It might also include other elements that we wouldn't expect to see in a main point, but it must include the main point.
I do treat them as the same, because I've never encountered a summary question where one wrong answer accurately stated the main point, but was wrong because there was another answer that had the main point and also summarized the rest of the passage. The LSAT so far hasn't presented us with this kind of choice.
What I noticed when I was physically writing down my low-res summaries was that I was usually taking a couple of words or a phrase that were already in the paragraph, but it was taking longer to write it out. I've been experimenting with highlighting those words/phrases I would have used anyway as my low-res summaries as a way to be able to jog my memory while I'm doing the questions if I need it. It's helped me so much with putting the low res summaries on the screen.
Additionally, I'll underline or use a different color to break up a long paragraph if I need to, usually when competing perspectives are used. Saves me time with the questions! I also always use yellow for Author's POV to highlight the importance of it. It's been working for me so far
Could answer choice A also be wrong because its statement that LHB occurred "about four billion years ago" goes against the second hypothesis, which predicts that LHB occurred over a longer period beyond 4 billion years?
I would agree with that. The author does not state if they believe that it was a sharply defined period. They do state that the evidence from the Mars rock dates too about 4 billion years ago but does not specify if they think the LHP was a sharply defined period or more of a continuous longer term thing.
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I don't think answer choice D describes the perspective of Some Astronomers. (D) says that the LHB was linked to a small body distintegrating.
The passage said: "Since the sizes of LHB craters suggest they were formed by large bodies, some astronomers believe that the LHB was linked to the disintegration of an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. In this view, a large body broke apart and peppered the inner solar system with debris."
I dont understand how E is correct when in the last lesson he literally just said it wasn't a summary of the entire passage?
@lzagrodnik The final paragraph is the author's opinion which E covers it.
"New evidence has been found that favors the view that LHB was widespread" which is on the first sentence of the final paragraph.
"More evidence needs to be gathered" which is towards the last sentence of the final paragraph.
@lzagrodnik I interpreted it as that a main point doesn't have to be the summary of the passage, but that still opens up the possibility that it could. As long as it includes the author's point, then it should be the right answer.
#help How do you blind review? Where is the feature for it? Do I just click submit?
@MerlineMusthala I asked them about this the other day, there is no more BR in the lessons, only in drills and tests. Also BR sort of tells you which questions you got wrong now. It's weird.
@unknown Yeah so I put it in their feedback and they said that the reason why they don't have a blind review is because during the curriculum they want us to focus on the accuracy of the question and they expect that we take our time on these questions since they aren't drills or the test. I hope this helps :)
A says perhaps which is not strong when we know it did and it also did not mention the questionable reasoning the author said too
I think I was a little caught up with the word “widespread” even though I picked E. Widespread is so not specific
A was very tempting, like the Sirens tempting Odysseus
@EricT024 I feel for A. I was confident that E was too narrowly focused on the support from the last paragraph, only, to capture the whole passage. Despite recognizing E was a spot on match for the author's perspective. Opps.
Something fun to do: search for only "meteorite" on Google. You should get one falling across your screen.
kind of insensitive to dinosaurs
lmao
Would it be OK to categorize everything before the author's opinion as context, in a way? From the way I see it, the author gave us a bunch of context about these three sides, then basically went "in light of that", and gave their new observations.
omg i was going about trying to figure out the MP of these passages COMPLETELY WRONG whoooops I was trying to sum. the entire passage rather than looking for the author's POV!
How do we know that the segment on "new support for the hypothesis..." is the author's perspective and not just additional context?
It's followed by "It seems to be a rare example..." and "This tiny piece of evidence suggests..."
In theory, the author could have gone on tocriticize the support. But here the author ends up explaining and showing agreement with the significance of the support.
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How would we best describe the relationship and differences between summary and main point questions?
I understand we have made the distinction that a summary of the passage is NOT the same as the main point point of the passage, even though a main point answer can include some elements of a summary as long as it focuses on the main perspective.
What about if we were given a summary question? Does a summary HAVE to include the main point to be accurate? If so, should we be treating summary and main point questions as being more or less the same in that our goal is looking for the main point in both?
#help
I would expect a summary answer must include the main point. It might also include other elements that we wouldn't expect to see in a main point, but it must include the main point.
I do treat them as the same, because I've never encountered a summary question where one wrong answer accurately stated the main point, but was wrong because there was another answer that had the main point and also summarized the rest of the passage. The LSAT so far hasn't presented us with this kind of choice.
Thank you, sir!
what are yalls best tips for getting better at reading comprehension
What I noticed when I was physically writing down my low-res summaries was that I was usually taking a couple of words or a phrase that were already in the paragraph, but it was taking longer to write it out. I've been experimenting with highlighting those words/phrases I would have used anyway as my low-res summaries as a way to be able to jog my memory while I'm doing the questions if I need it. It's helped me so much with putting the low res summaries on the screen.
Additionally, I'll underline or use a different color to break up a long paragraph if I need to, usually when competing perspectives are used. Saves me time with the questions! I also always use yellow for Author's POV to highlight the importance of it. It's been working for me so far
Great tips!
Could answer choice A also be wrong because its statement that LHB occurred "about four billion years ago" goes against the second hypothesis, which predicts that LHB occurred over a longer period beyond 4 billion years?
I would agree with that. The author does not state if they believe that it was a sharply defined period. They do state that the evidence from the Mars rock dates too about 4 billion years ago but does not specify if they think the LHP was a sharply defined period or more of a continuous longer term thing.
@ksh9665264 we dont care about 2nd hypothesis that was never supported