Being able to diagram is huge for these questions (JY is so good at teaching how to do this) but I agree with you that they like to try and be ambiguous with language that feels like it could be justified multiple ways sometimes. Usually that means you are missing one piece like @combsni116 mentioned. I would definitely spend some time on 7sage working on your diagramming because there seems to be a lot of these types of questions on the recent PTs (or maybe it is just my faulty memory and the mix of question types hasn't changed).
I find the Method of Reasoning questions of more recent exams, like PT 78 to be more finicky. To the LSATs defense, its usually because I overlook a detail in a trap answer choice or dont do a thorough job of identifying what role the claim, which the question stem asks about, plays. Evaluating the relationship that the particilar claim plays with respect to the conclusion and support helped me get a better understanding.
The only question types I find myself struggling with consistently
Hmmm... Yeah I agree with @yasincelik79 on this. Work on the fundamentals like finding the context, premises and conclusions. MP questions are basically just asking you to find the main takeaway/conclusion from the stimulus.
Are you capable of identifying context, premises, and conclusion of an argument? If you work on improving that, I'm sure it will become easier for you to do those question types, as they seem to be easier than other types of LR questions (for me, anyway).
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Being able to diagram is huge for these questions (JY is so good at teaching how to do this) but I agree with you that they like to try and be ambiguous with language that feels like it could be justified multiple ways sometimes. Usually that means you are missing one piece like @combsni116 mentioned. I would definitely spend some time on 7sage working on your diagramming because there seems to be a lot of these types of questions on the recent PTs (or maybe it is just my faulty memory and the mix of question types hasn't changed).
I find the Method of Reasoning questions of more recent exams, like PT 78 to be more finicky. To the LSATs defense, its usually because I overlook a detail in a trap answer choice or dont do a thorough job of identifying what role the claim, which the question stem asks about, plays. Evaluating the relationship that the particilar claim plays with respect to the conclusion and support helped me get a better understanding.
Yes but I often get caught in the Shell Game. Usually, I am getting about 2 or 3 wrong on the LR as a whole and it's usually those types of questions.
The only question types I find myself struggling with consistently
Hmmm... Yeah I agree with @yasincelik79 on this. Work on the fundamentals like finding the context, premises and conclusions. MP questions are basically just asking you to find the main takeaway/conclusion from the stimulus.
Are you capable of identifying context, premises, and conclusion of an argument? If you work on improving that, I'm sure it will become easier for you to do those question types, as they seem to be easier than other types of LR questions (for me, anyway).