So I'm taking the LSAT in October and November, and I have noticed that Reading Comp is starting to fight back.
I haven't really struggled too much in RC, but I also havent put too much focus into the unique types of RC questions that are on the test (think the skills 7sage taught are more important than styles of qs). TBH Logic has been the main focus of my study journey. Timing is certainly an issue, not all the time, but it is present in a few of the PTs.
What im wondering though is if anyone has advice on how to apply the skills 7sage has taught for RC, specifically the skim reading, labeling paragraphs, and making a "skeleton" of the passage.
Ive noticed some RC sections from PT's write the passages so you legit can't apply those skills, where a question will ask you about a specific sentence from a paragraph, or about a hypothetical view on one part of the passage. At that point the passage basically forces you to read word by word what its about, or forces you to reread a question a half dozen times to find its answer.
None of the lessons really say what to do when everything is a passage is relevant/important, or when you need to read a passage for one specific hypothetical argument out of a dozen. Any advice on what some of you have done in RC, skill wise, would be so helpful 🙏
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Remember this is an open book test, not a pop quiz. What is "important" is what you need to answer the questions, nothing else. That's about 15-20% of the passage. You don't know what 15% when you read it, other than the few sentences that are structural. Don't belabor details. You don''t care about them unless and until you are asked about them in a question. For example, if the paragraph is "Marie Curie devised an experiment to test her theory. She did (blah blah science). Next, she tried (blah blah more boring science). Finally, (snoooze science). This clearly showed her hypothesis was correct." What you need to know here is that she tested her theory and it was right, not all the steps along the way.
Solid advice, thanks! Now I need to figure out how to apply this more often to passages that are intentionally loaded/dense. Ill have to work on it, but its good to note that reading for the "Frame" is more important than detail.