I made digital flashcards for LR concepts. Enjoy!

LetsHigh5

Hey, everyone. In my quest to become an LSAT test-taking machine, I made some digital flashcards to help me memorize some key concepts in LR:

-- Valid/Invalid argument forms
-- Logical Fallacies
-- Stimuli Indicators (premise/conclusion, sufficient/necessary, causation, some/most/all)
-- Question Stems
-- Strategies by Question Type

I'm going to flip through these every day from now until the September test date until they can instantly be recalled from memory. And obviously, they're a compliment--not a substitute--for other forms of preparation. I thought I'd pass them along, just in case you find them useful, too.

If you like them, great!
If you don't like them, please tell me how you think they can be improved.
If you spot an error, please let me know.
If you have some great flashcards that help you memorize important LSAT info, please pass it along, too.

Thanks!

Sprinkles

Bookmarking. You're a legend!

LawAndDisorder

*slow clap*

LSATKingsman

Wow nice. Gold Star

added to my Favorites. (:

Coolmama09

wow this is beautiful! i really love the valid/invalid argument. do you have this in a PDF file . i would love to print it and shrink it fits on one page. Thanks!!!

Nanchito-1-1

Cool, thanks!

mcmlaw36

Bookmark how?! Also.. I would definitely be interested in a PDF file too, if available!!! @LetsHigh5. Thanks!

nantesorkestar

@LetsHigh5 You should be knighted by the Queen.

Nanchito-1-1

@mcmlaw36 there's a little star to the left of the like button that lights up. To bookmark, click it. You can check your bookmarks to the right of your screen.

mcmlaw36

Thank you! @nanchito

MaxineSP

You can save the PDF on the Quizlet website!!

LetsHigh5

@Coolmama09 : I can send you a Word file, which you can turn into a PDF, as well. But honestly, I don't think it won't be as effective as studying flashcards. I'm a teacher and the research shows that distributed practice coupled with memory retrieval is far superior for learning than re-reading material. Here is a short but informative video that explains some other quick study hacks based the science of learning, as well.

jinbin00

Thank you!

notwilliamwallace

This is literally worth a million dollars. Thank you for creating and sharing.

bruingirl1205

Thank you for the resource!

annannann

This is awesome! Thanks!

lenelson2

Very cool. Thanks!

draj0623

Thank you for sharing!

palexandra

This is so helpful!
Thank you!

tiffany.pizarro

Wow!!! Fantastic job with this! Thank you!!!!

_Hopeful

You're awesome!
Thanks!!!

inactive

Moved to the study guides section so people have an easier time finding it.

shawntomvar

Love this community

J_Clarkson

If this were reddit, you'd be gilded!

desire2learn

Unmatched!

Sprinkles

http://i.imgur.com/4GJoX1L.gif

Also for anyone interested, I made a quizlet for conditional indicators: https://quizlet.com/164108715/conditional-indicators-drill-flash-cards/

Alex

@montaha.rizeq said:

Also for anyone interested, I made a quizlet for conditional indicators: https://quizlet.com/164108715/conditional-indicators-drill-flash-cards/

so clutch! Thank you Montaha!!

Alex

Where were you when I was first learning these!?

John1990

@LetsHigh5 these have been so helpful, thank you!

LsatChic

Thank you so much.A major blessing

AndWhyisBwrong

This is the truth! Thanks tremendously!

inactive

Announcing this in the Study Guides subforum.

jack.igoe

This is awesome! Thanks @LetsHigh5. This community is fantastic.

ElleWoods77

this is great thank you so much!

TexAgAaron

These are amazing! Thank you so much!

LetsHigh5

*** UPDATE ***
I don't abandoned the "question stems" and "strategies by question type" linked in the original post. Instead, I combined the two AND updated the cards with improved strategies.

• "Stems & Strategies": https://quizlet.com/_2dy8ob

They're not perfect, of course, but it's definitely more efficient to study this one stack instead of the other two.

Also, as nice as the visuals of the "valid/invalid argument forms" cards in the original post are, I've since updated my thinking on this, too. It's simpler and for me, better. So, feel free to make your own strategy flashcard with this info. for "all"/"most"/"some" premises:

• List each conditional premise, 1-by-1
• Note the "strongest term" on the sufficient side. (Usually an "all", but sometimes a "most"; NEVER a "some").
• 2 strong terms MUST have a sufficient in common to combine. (Exception: Most A are B, All B are C; you can say Most A are C.)
• (SOME + SOME) & (SOME + MOST) = Always Invalid

I hope that helps, everyone.

LetsHigh5

Please forgive the typos above, everyone. (Rest assured, I actually proofread my flashcards.) :-)

dfletch5

@LetsHigh5 said:
Hey, everyone. In my quest to become an LSAT test-taking machine, I made some digital flashcards to help me memorize some key concepts in LR:

-- Valid/Invalid argument forms
-- Logical Fallacies
-- Stimuli Indicators (premise/conclusion, sufficient/necessary, causation, some/most/all)
-- Question Stems
-- Strategies by Question Type

I'm going to flip through these every day from now until the September test date until they can instantly be recalled from memory. And obviously, they're a compliment--not a substitute--for other forms of preparation. I thought I'd pass them along, just in case you find them useful, too.

If you like them, great!
If you don't like them, please tell me how you think they can be improved.
If you spot an error, please let me know.
If you have some great flashcards that help you memorize important LSAT info, please pass it along, too.

Thanks!

@LetsHigh5 Thanks a million!

sandy180

@LetsHigh5 said:
@Coolmama09 : I can send you a Word file, which you can turn into a PDF, as well. But honestly, I don't think it won't be as effective as studying flashcards. I'm a teacher and the research shows that distributed practice coupled with memory retrieval is far superior for learning than re-reading material. Here is a short but informative video that explains some other quick study hacks based the science of learning, as well.

This is correct! Thanks for the flash cards:)

AnthonyScalia

Awesome resource, @sayhey180! I love that so many people here go the extra mile to share their wisdom and labors with each other.

Out of curiosity, how do you guys use these cards to study? While I love using flashcards for vocabulary, alarm bells go off in my brain at the thought of using flash cards for logic. I fear that even attempting to memorize those rules will stunt my ability to consistently and accurately derive them on my own. In not actually knowing these rules but being able to correctly arrive at them given any LR situation, I get unambiguous feedback and validation that I genuinely understand the logic, and have the skills necessary to pull such functions from a text. I don't want to gain a false sense of security by having the connections be automatic in most cases, only to feel unconditioned and blindly subservient when faced with an inevitable curveball.

But that's just my speculation as someone who hasn't tried it! Clearly a lot of people use these advantageously. I'd love to hear about how you guys use them so successfully!

kleinstd

THANK YOU!!! life saver bless you

Beast Mode

THANK YOU SO MUCH @LetsHigh5 !!!!

LetsHigh5

(bump)

Just a reminder to those that just happened upon this post: the update I posted in the comments shows how I improved upon the original post.

Eric25

@LetsHigh5 Thank you for these!!

goingfor99th

I wish I knew this existed when I started studying. :'[

westcoastbestcoast

Bump!

CurlyQQQ

The strategies for each question type is exactly what I've been looking for!! You sir/madame are a stand up citizen! Totally added all of these to my LSAT Folder on quizlet

Redentore3337

Can someone please explain

"CIRCLE: all conditional, modal, and quantifier words."

what exactly are conditional, modal, and quantifier words or where I can be directed to learn exactly what those terms mean.

Thanks!

LCMama2017

@Redentore3337 said:
Can someone please explain

"CIRCLE: all conditional, modal, and quantifier words."

what exactly are conditional, modal, and quantifier words or where I can be directed to learn exactly what those terms mean.

Thanks!

The Intro To Logic section of the CC explains all of these... its good, check it out.

-l.

LetsHigh5

@Redentore3337 said:
Can someone please explain

"CIRCLE: all conditional, modal, and quantifier words."

what exactly are conditional, modal, and quantifier words or where I can be directed to learn exactly what those terms mean.

Thanks!

Conditional Words: words that express a clause/causal relationship, i.e. when something occurs or when it does not (e.g. "if", "unless", "as long as", etc.)

Modal Words: words that express the likelihood of something occurring or not (e.g. "will", "probably", "can", etc.)

Quantifier Words: words that express the amounts/degree of something occurring (e.g. "all", "most", "some", etc.)

Yes, as stated by others, the 7Sage curriculum (or other LSAT resources) are where you'll go to learn these how these specific modifiers affect LSAT arguments.

And the reason it's so important to notice ANY and ALL of these conditional/modal/quantifier words is that the presence of even one of them in a stimulus or answer choice completely alters argument. In fact, throughout all LR and RC sections, the difference between a valid or invalid argument, or a correct or incorrect answer, will often hinge precisely on the presence of one of these types of words.

I hope that helps.

jkjohnson1991

Much appreciated.