I don't annotate anything at all, although I used to. I actually saw a significant score from -5/-6 to -2/-1 increase when I stopped, I found that it often actually distracted me from the content of the stimulus and made it more difficult to answer the question. The only time I ever highlight now is if I come across an extremely long stimulus and want to break it up into sections to make it more digestible!
I would (generally, maybe not with argument part questions) recommend avoiding trying to actively identify much else besides the conclusion as it takes away from the needed brainpower to actually answer the question, and most questions won't be asking those structural questions. During blind review, revisit and identify, when you have the most time!
My best advice is unfortunately practice. With time, it has felt pretty natural what is a premise, sub-conclusion, background, etc, even on the more complicated stimuli. There is definitely a pattern throughout the LSAT!
Edit: Realized my advice about practice isn't particularly helpful without an idea of how much haha. I have been studying since October kind of, but only seriously since late December. Stimulus structure started feeling more natural and automatic around April after studying ~20 hours per week.
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I don't annotate anything at all, although I used to. I actually saw a significant score from -5/-6 to -2/-1 increase when I stopped, I found that it often actually distracted me from the content of the stimulus and made it more difficult to answer the question. The only time I ever highlight now is if I come across an extremely long stimulus and want to break it up into sections to make it more digestible!
I would (generally, maybe not with argument part questions) recommend avoiding trying to actively identify much else besides the conclusion as it takes away from the needed brainpower to actually answer the question, and most questions won't be asking those structural questions. During blind review, revisit and identify, when you have the most time!
My best advice is unfortunately practice. With time, it has felt pretty natural what is a premise, sub-conclusion, background, etc, even on the more complicated stimuli. There is definitely a pattern throughout the LSAT!
Edit: Realized my advice about practice isn't particularly helpful without an idea of how much haha. I have been studying since October kind of, but only seriously since late December. Stimulus structure started feeling more natural and automatic around April after studying ~20 hours per week.