@bob247hammer OK, so this is pretty meta, but I think I just had a revelation.
I haven't been thinking of the perspective of the LSAT question writers. I don't actually know anything about their process. But they must be in a situation like this: their boss gives them a passage about Kate Chopin and says "give me six or seven reading comp questions about this." So that writer then scans the passage for certain grammatical footholds -- like comparatives like the word "more" -- and proceeds to write questions around those footholds.
So that's the LSAT question author's starting point -- a foothold like "more fully." So then they have to write a question about the phrase that surrounds it (which was "Chopin embraced [the New Women’s] impressionistic approach more fully..."). And then once they have that question they have to write the dummy answers.
So now I wonder if I need to start reading passages like an LSAT writer. (Apologies if this is all obvious stuff covered in some early lesson that I forgot.)
@JohnDemmler I had a really hard time as well with the question. It says Chopin used impressionistic style in the last paragraph. I just assumed impression is in the answer choice.
I saw the difference in that Chopin did it consistently throughout 39 sections, while the New Women merely experimented with it. Which is where the only difference lay in the ACs.
why was i better at the science ones than this stupid ass passage
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I totally thought that 'more fully' was in comparison to her old writing style which was more scientific as per the LCs. Still not convinced that you can't read the passage as a change that she adopted from the NW comparing Chopin's work pre NW and post the NW. C is better than the rest of the answers but I don't think it is truly implied.
Ah I saw the impressionistic approach and thought that because both the New Women and Chopin used the method it couldn't be a difference--I failed to see the "more consistently throughout" and make the connection to the "more fully"
One way I helped myself to picking C that isn't mentioned in the video was to translate "more consistently" into the fact that she produced 39 numbered sections with the same impressionistic style. If you can do something that many times and achieve the same intended result each time, you're pretty consistent as far as I'm concerned.
Idk if this is the right way to think about it (so please correct me if im wrong) but one of the reasons I picked C is because the passage said "sustained focuse" which gave me a little bit more confidence in C's "consistently throughout"
I think this is a good way to increase confidence in an answer. The writers sometimes describe the same thing using different but very similar terminology. "sustained focus" and "consistently through" could be used interchangeably within this context.
i was going to choose A based on what the last sentences were between Chopin and the New Women but then realized this "female consciousness" subject was only from the New Women; Chopin didn't do allat.
I know that (A) would be wrong either way, but how do we know that Chopin's work attempted to explore aspects of FEMALE consciousness? Was the gender of her protagonist mentioned?
I see your point, but could we say that one answer is more general than the other, and in that way, is more supportable? We know that Chopin's book used impressionism more fully...what exactly does that mean, though? The idea of impressionism being used more consistently throughout is a bit more specific than I'd like...but at least this answer doesn't try to pinpoint a specific aspect of impressionism. But using fantasy to get at pscyhological states...if this is a part of impressionism, it's just one specific element. How can we say that Chopin's book employed this specific element of impressionism more? I think using "impressionism" more consistently is at least leaving the specific aspect of impressionism unspecified, which is more supportable than an answer identifying one specific aspect.
Got it on my first try but I feel as if "more thoroughly throughout" is gonna throw people off despite being the correct answer, but that is I suppose the linguistic curveball the LSAT writers are throwing at you
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Why is the reading section making me feel like a dummy... I didn't feel like any of these were right.
Me too. Same thing for the last implied question. Just feels like everything is wrong...
I am getting my ass kicked
@MilesHartung you are not alone
ummmmmmmmmm....... k
the "more fully" is what i missed in c
literally the one part that makes AC C correct, "more fully," is SO insane.
@bob247hammer OK, so this is pretty meta, but I think I just had a revelation.
I haven't been thinking of the perspective of the LSAT question writers. I don't actually know anything about their process. But they must be in a situation like this: their boss gives them a passage about Kate Chopin and says "give me six or seven reading comp questions about this." So that writer then scans the passage for certain grammatical footholds -- like comparatives like the word "more" -- and proceeds to write questions around those footholds.
So that's the LSAT question author's starting point -- a foothold like "more fully." So then they have to write a question about the phrase that surrounds it (which was "Chopin embraced [the New Women’s] impressionistic approach more fully..."). And then once they have that question they have to write the dummy answers.
So now I wonder if I need to start reading passages like an LSAT writer. (Apologies if this is all obvious stuff covered in some early lesson that I forgot.)
Really? C is such a stretch lol
@JohnDemmler I had a really hard time as well with the question. It says Chopin used impressionistic style in the last paragraph. I just assumed impression is in the answer choice.
Im so bad at implied question. The "more fully" went right over my head
"More fully" = "more consistently"? Ehhhhh..... that's a stretch.
How is this question rated the same level of difficulty as the last lol
I saw the difference in that Chopin did it consistently throughout 39 sections, while the New Women merely experimented with it. Which is where the only difference lay in the ACs.
why was i better at the science ones than this stupid ass passage
I totally thought that 'more fully' was in comparison to her old writing style which was more scientific as per the LCs. Still not convinced that you can't read the passage as a change that she adopted from the NW comparing Chopin's work pre NW and post the NW. C is better than the rest of the answers but I don't think it is truly implied.
totally agree with this. I read it as relating to her previous writing style as well...
Ah I saw the impressionistic approach and thought that because both the New Women and Chopin used the method it couldn't be a difference--I failed to see the "more consistently throughout" and make the connection to the "more fully"
One way I helped myself to picking C that isn't mentioned in the video was to translate "more consistently" into the fact that she produced 39 numbered sections with the same impressionistic style. If you can do something that many times and achieve the same intended result each time, you're pretty consistent as far as I'm concerned.
Idk if this is the right way to think about it (so please correct me if im wrong) but one of the reasons I picked C is because the passage said "sustained focuse" which gave me a little bit more confidence in C's "consistently throughout"
I think this is a good way to increase confidence in an answer. The writers sometimes describe the same thing using different but very similar terminology. "sustained focus" and "consistently through" could be used interchangeably within this context.
i was going to choose A based on what the last sentences were between Chopin and the New Women but then realized this "female consciousness" subject was only from the New Women; Chopin didn't do allat.
yeah i had no clue on this one
I know that (A) would be wrong either way, but how do we know that Chopin's work attempted to explore aspects of FEMALE consciousness? Was the gender of her protagonist mentioned?
I made a stupid mistake and thought of the Local Colorists instead of the New Women and chose A so confidently.
I did the same thing, womp womp.
I don't understand how you can't rule out C for the same reason we ruled out D
I see your point, but could we say that one answer is more general than the other, and in that way, is more supportable? We know that Chopin's book used impressionism more fully...what exactly does that mean, though? The idea of impressionism being used more consistently throughout is a bit more specific than I'd like...but at least this answer doesn't try to pinpoint a specific aspect of impressionism. But using fantasy to get at pscyhological states...if this is a part of impressionism, it's just one specific element. How can we say that Chopin's book employed this specific element of impressionism more? I think using "impressionism" more consistently is at least leaving the specific aspect of impressionism unspecified, which is more supportable than an answer identifying one specific aspect.
You're the man, man.
Got it on my first try but I feel as if "more thoroughly throughout" is gonna throw people off despite being the correct answer, but that is I suppose the linguistic curveball the LSAT writers are throwing at you
this question was so easy but only bc i spent another minute reading the passage lol i need to improve my memory
This question was hard tf
I got it correct but this was difficult.
took me more then a minute to fully understand but its ok its a drill, the key thing is "more fully" which helped me to pick C