Okay so I understood both examples with the elephants, but can someone please use the 3-step process to break down and thoroughly explain the comparative claim from the last lesson:
"Some cultivars of corn are much more closely related morphologically to sorghum than to most other cultivars of corn."
The comments I read in this lesson about how to break down said claim are confusing me a bit.
I think it’s important to emphasize here if we want to emphasize suspending common belief for the test. I think we all need to understand that no matter the argument we need to run with it. Say for example we do the negating statement of “elephants feed more in the winter than in the summer.” Okay, whatever let’s assume those premises and claims are true…
I keep seeing people attempt the corn example from the last video, and it seems like everyone identifies A and B as sorghum vs. other corn, but I'm a bit confused. This is how I would do it.
Sentence: Some cultivars of corn are much more closely related morphologically to sorghum than to most other cultivars of corn.
1. A: some cultivars of corn vs. B: most other cultivars of corn
2. Quality: how morphologically similar to sorghum
Back in my generation there were 4 steps to this process!
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Okay so I understood both examples with the elephants, but can someone please use the 3-step process to break down and thoroughly explain the comparative claim from the last lesson:
"Some cultivars of corn are much more closely related morphologically to sorghum than to most other cultivars of corn."
The comments I read in this lesson about how to break down said claim are confusing me a bit.
I think it’s important to emphasize here if we want to emphasize suspending common belief for the test. I think we all need to understand that no matter the argument we need to run with it. Say for example we do the negating statement of “elephants feed more in the winter than in the summer.” Okay, whatever let’s assume those premises and claims are true…
Elephants feed more in the summer than in the winter.
A v. B
Summer vs. Winter
Identify what we're comparing them on.
During which do elephants feeds more
Identify the winner.
Summer. Summer feeds more than the Winter.
Toddlers have more energy than babies do.
Are superlatives used frequently on the LSAT?
Is there always a winner? E.g. Elephants feed just as much in the summer as they do in the winter.
Seems like a comparison. But no winner.
I keep seeing people attempt the corn example from the last video, and it seems like everyone identifies A and B as sorghum vs. other corn, but I'm a bit confused. This is how I would do it.
Sentence: Some cultivars of corn are much more closely related morphologically to sorghum than to most other cultivars of corn.
1. A: some cultivars of corn vs. B: most other cultivars of corn
2. Quality: how morphologically similar to sorghum
3. "Some cultivars of corn" is the winner
Did I go wrong? If so, where?
Is it problematic to think about it as which feeds more - elephants in the summer v. elephants in the winter?
Below is my work for the earlier comparison of corn:
Some cultivars of corn are more morphologically similar to sorghum than to most other cultivars of corn
A v B: Sorghum vs other corn cultivars
condition: morphologically similarity to some cultivars of corn
winner : sorghum
I love when the lessons are under 4 minutes
In actuality, hat does this entire mini paragraph mean (the second part)?
What is meant by complication and how are these complications analyzed in isolation.
Back in my generation there were 4 steps to this process!