Can anyone think of examples that would make the following answer choices correct

OR have come across LSAT arguments that have a method of reasoning matching the answer choices below?

it is compatible with accepting the argument’s conclusion and with denying it

it makes a value judgement that is incompatible with a principle outlined

It distorts the opponent's argument and then attacks the distorted argument

Thanks!

Hey guys!

Is it wrong go through any type of strengthening question as a SA/PSA? (Finding the premise, identifying the conclusion, and choosing the answer choice that adds to the premise) If this is wrong, how do you determine just a strengthening question from that of a SA/PSA? Does the word "principle" in the stimulus have anything to do with it?

Hi everyone,

I finished my June 2007 prep test and am now doing the blind review, however, I am still having trouble with figuring out questions 22 and 23 in the first section. The questions are regarding the recycling centres and materials. The rules for these questions are:

Question 22 reads: "If Centre 3 recycles glass, then which of the following kinds of material must Centre 2 recycle?"

A. Glass

B. Newsprint

C. Plastic

D. Tin

E. Wood

Question 23: if C1 is the only recycling centre that recycles wood, then what could be a complete and accurate list of kinds of materials that one of the recycling centres recycles?

A. P, T

B. N, W

C. N, T

D. G, W

E. G, T

Would anyone be able to explain how to find the right answer for these questions?

Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone,

So I was stuck between C and B in this question because while I definitely can see why C is right, I wasn't able to see why B did not at least somewhat support this argument. After all, "most people" could apply to what "we" are obliged to do (as stated in the conclusion).

I feel like in previous strengthen questions I have seen before, "most people" does strengthen the argument (ie in strengthen questions where the conclusion is referring to other people besides "we"), but why doesn't it do so in this case?

Thanks!

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Hello!

I am stuck on Practice Test 31 Section 3 Question 22 about endosymbiosis. I get the structure of the stimulus. The stimulus is saying that the nucleomorph was found inside the chlorarachniophyte. The nucleomorph has to be the remains of an engulfed organism's nucleus because it contains two versions of a particular gene in its DNA. I'm imagining that the chlorarachniophyte engulfed an organism, and a part of the organism gave way to the functional nucleomorph, which is now found within the chlorarachniophyte. How can answer choice E be the correct answer? E says chlorarachniophyte emerged following the endosymbiosis, but chlorarachniophyte has to already exist before then because it was part of the process of endosymbiosis. The chlorarachniophyte engulfed another organism. Also, how is answer choice C incorrect? I'm having trouble following.

Thanks!

#help

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I just went thru PT7 S4 Q13 and came across a question stem that’s says “In order for the conclusion above to be properly drawn, which one of the following assumptions would have to be made?” The question type is regarded as SA.

I originally thought it was a NA question despite the “in order for the conclusion above to be properly drawn,” because of PT56 S2 Q20. This NA question stem reads “which one of the following principles must be assumed in order for the psychologist’s conclusion to be properly drawn?”

Those two sound sooooo similar to me. I am able to tell apart NA and SA most of the time, but these two are messing my head. Any insight would be very helpful!

Anything helps. I feel incredibly slow. sometimes I read sentences twice because I feel like i missed something or because I could not focus the first time... What is going on?!

Quick question for those that have a better understanding of the 7Sage problem set generator than I do:

After I've completed any sort of problem set, I've noticed that SOME questions have a "target" indication next to them in addition to the breakdown about Round 1, Round 2 and Total under the timing column while others do not.

When it's available, how should I interpret this target time?:

Is it similar to games where, if I want to go -0 in the section then I ought to target for time?

Is it the average amount of time that other 7Sagers (perhaps in a particular score range) have spent?

Is this what J.Y. believes one ought to spend on this particular question?

It's just awesome the amount of data that you instantly have access to and I think this could be a huge value-add but just not sure how to interpret here.

Thanks!

Hi I'm almost pushing into the 170s and I'm trying to solidify my strategy for LR. Right now I read the question stem, read the stimulus and find the C, P's, and background info, then I translate the stim into my own words. After that I find the flaw and ask "What if...?" then I move into PoE looking for that pivotal wrong word that disqualifies an AC. At the end of all that I give myself a confidence score for each question.

My issue is this approach doesn't take into account the specific strategies per question type. I know you could say "just do it intuitively," I'd rather have a very concrete strategy for LR. Not remembering what to do under pressure is hard for me so this is what I've come up with and I'd love to know any feedback you have.

For labeling questions (argument part, MC): underline the conclusion, see where specifically support is flowing to and from

Argument questions: underline the conclusion in all of these, then follow specific strategy

Weaken / strengthen: no strategy!

Flaw: JY's 2 part test

NA: do MBT test and then the negation test

SA: see the structure of the argument, graph if needed

PSA: same as SA

Pmor: same as SA

MoR: understand what the author is doing, describe in my own words

Pfmor: see the flaw and get a strong understanding of what I'm looking for

point of agree/diagreement: do the chart where 1 person agrees / disagrees / no opinion

Premise set questions (MSS, MBT):

MSS: read the stim really, really well. Get a solid translation of my own of the stim, then move into ACs

MBT: if I can't do it in my head, graph

RRE: No real strategy. I generally try to find the point of tension and try to explain it, but I find these questions are just LSAC gauging how well your assumptions match their own (bit of cynicism here :D haha)

I'd love any links to good resources, recommendations, suggestions!!! Thanks in advance.

What is the primary difference between Necessary Assumption Qs and Sufficient Assumption Qs? Both are required to make the argument valid but I'm not quire sure how the answer choices differ.

Hey fellow 7Sagers,

I'm going through the CC and I have a quick question for y'all about PT21 game 4. If you look at this explanation video: https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/sequencing-game-wa-twist-3-game-board-setup/?ss_completed_lesson=1115

You'll see that JY infers that H/K gotta go to the last opening on the second set-up. But why though? Why not H/K/L/M?

We could pick let’s say L for Week 3 and have MM appear on week 4 or M for week 3 and LL on week 4? I don't see what could prevent us from doing that. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Hi guys,

I keep getting strengthening and weakening questions wrong and I can't figure out why... does anyone have any suggestions or helpful tips that help them get through these types of problems?

Hi guys, hope you all are doing well!

I'm wondering if a strong correlation like "the more X, the less Y" could be diagrammed as a bi-conditional (e.g. "The more history a person knows, the less likely that person likes history"). Also, is "the more X, the less Y" logically equivalent to "the less Y, the more X"?

How about "As x increases, Y decreases"? Can this be diagrammed as a bi-conditional? (e.g. "As one's knowledge of history increases, one's love for history decreases")

Thanks!

P.S. I have nothing against history lol. I just happened to modify a few sentences from PT61.2.24

I have a question regarding the use of the word "all". If a sentence proceeds in this manner: Cats are happy animals. Even if the "all" is not included before cats, can I appropriately assume that ALL cats are happy animals? or is it MOST cats are happy animals? or other choices?

I've

By far the hardest question type for me in LR is SA and MBT questions. I have learned the whole formula/diagramming/translation stuff that is taught in the Core Curriculum and I understand it quite well. However, I try to do it in my head (as one is supposed to do) then apply it as I'm doing each question to get the right answer. But I always get them wrong. These two questions types have me stressed out because I can't improve no matter what I do.

I should note I mainly have trouble with the moderate difficulty and harder questions (levels 3-5 on the difficulty scale). The easier ones I can do.

How do I improve at these question types? What advice or help can you give me? Perhaps other techniques additional to this?

Hello. I'm having trouble understanding why Answer Choice A is incorrect and why choice C is correct. Answer Choice A reads, "Whenever a society has plentiful resources, some members of that society devote themselves to the study of natural processes." In the stimulus, you know that people have leisure when they have plentiful resources, and leisure is needed for the study of natural processes. Therefore, whenever a society has plentiful resources, people have the leisure they need to devote themselves to the study of natural resources. That is why I thought Answer Choice A is correct and can't see why it is incorrect. I watched JY's video explanation, but I got lost and confused when he explained the order of logic.

I'm also having trouble understanding what part of the stimulus gives support to Answer Choice C.

If someone can please explain to me how my way of thinking about Answer Choice A is wrong and why Answer Choice C is actually correct, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much in advance!

#help

How do you guys choose the order of passages you are going to read first? Does anyone choose by how many paragraphs are in each passage or how many questions a passage has? Or do you go in order and skip after you get a feeling that a certain passage is hard as you are reading it?

Hi! I would love to hear how you "mark-up" your RC passages when doing timed tests (i.e. what you underline, put in brackets, highlight).

I am having difficulty with what to pick out when reading the passage under a time constraint. I find I am either marking up too much, or not enough to help with retention.

What key things do you highlight that you find useful? Or do you even mark it up at all?

I am struggling to understand why A is correct. In the final paragraph, the author recommends action "such as replacing fossil-fuel energy". This action would mitigate the temperature rise problem. This must be the "course of action" that the question refers to. Answer choice A offers a solution to "determine whether more costly measures are warranted", that is to learn more about whether action to combat the problem is necessary. This is not what the passage offers. I see that it matches other important information from the passage, such as action under uncertainty, but this difference I have described seems drastic enough for A to be wrong.

Furthermore, B solves this. In B, action to combat the problem is suggested. It also describes action under uncertainty.

Thank you!

#help

This was a weird question because while A,B,C, and E all looked wrong, D looked ok but I just couldn't quite 100% understand why D was right. How were we supposed to know where demagogues place on the legitimate/illegitimate spectrum? Why is D right?

Any #help would be appreciated!

Hello! Title pretty much says it all. I have been able to fine tune LG and LR to the point where I am only missing 5 star questions or in the event I just read something wrong. But for the life of me I cannot read the RC passages fast enough or keep focused enough to get a decent RC score. The low res method does not really work for me because I just repeat the low res summary in my head and forget what I'm actually reading.

Has anyone had a similar experience and been able to work through it? Any help is appreciated!

Hi,

When I began practicing main conclusion I was struggling at fist but started to get the hang of it. I practiced the technique of isolating the conclusion and rewording and it was a success. Of course I'm still struggling with time but I'm getting all of the questions correct. I then moved on to most strongly supported questions and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn't catch a technique in order to conquer the MSS questions. After practicing a whole bunch I realized that I need to understand the stimulus and the answers become a tiny little bit clearer. Okay now getting to the real problem, when I look at my results I realize that I'm getting all of the low priority questions correct and the high priority incorrect no matter the difficulty. In addition my timing is horrible.

How can I improve my timing?

How to conquer most strongly supported? Any tricks?

What is Low and high priority? and In what context?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how some of you were able to improve your Reading Comp skills? I’ve been studying for months and have improved in both LR and LG both have seen little improvement in RC. I’m still getting 3 questions per passage wrong at times. In particular I know I have trouble with Author Attitudes questions but also in general seem to be picking answers that are rather too broad or too specific depending on the question.

What are good science newspapers to subscribe to in order to get better in RC science passages!? #help