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Help on Parallel Flaw/Method of ReasoningHello! I have gone through the syllabus on Parallel Flaw questions and I am still not getting it. On my drills I seem to keep missing those and wasti…
Hello! I have gone through the syllabus on Parallel Flaw questions and I am still not getting it. On my drills I seem to keep missing those and wasting time trying to solve them. Any tips? Help is much appreciated! -
Any tips on how to get better at Necessary Assumption and Flaw in 4 weeks?I'm taking the November LSAT and NA and Flaw have been really giving me a hard time, especially NA. I was really good at them like a month ago but fo…
... November LSAT and NA and Flaw have been really giving me ... -
Difference in Argument Structure : Help!Hi I was wondering if someone can give examples, and ways to tell a difference between the two argument structures, and how to tell them apart in a s…
... a difference between the two argument structures, and how to tell ... -
PT58.S4.Q23 - craters high pressure shocks characteristicOk..I feel there is just no way I could have got this question. It is a most strengthen question and I feel the answer choice weakens the argument.…
... make sure we understand the argument. We spot craters in a ... makes this question hard. To strengthen an argument, you can't just ... -
Prep Test Help...I find it is difficult to do the entire prep test in time. I have trouble circling questions I'm not sure on. I also find myself not reading LR Q s…
... ; Parallel Flaw is 60%
HORRIBLE on the easier stuff--Strengthen is ... -
PT41.S1.Q22 - rules unpunished moral guidanceHey guys, I was going over my old PT's and I still cannot get a full understanding of this question. The stim basically says: "if violation of e…
... "never."
Again, the argument structure is:
Routinely ... not punish."
But the argument concludes with the latter.
flaw that "not routine" is NOT ... -
Flaw QuestionsI took a PT last Saturday and based from the question stem analysis of the test grader (extremely helpful guys), flaw questions gave me the most trou…
I see flaw questions as the exact same as assumption questions. I ask myself "what do I need to assume to make this argument work." Then I look for the answer choice that basically says that assumption can't be made. -
Flaw QuestionsI took a PT last Saturday and based from the question stem analysis of the test grader (extremely helpful guys), flaw questions gave me the most trou…
... have been working on flaw questions for a few ... and asking myself is the argument doing this? However, I ... a start in tackling these flaw arguments. Also, should I ... much time on these flaw questions? I feel that ... spot them in the flaw questions it would possibly ... -
PT11.S2.Q18 - television slogans catch phrases* Premise: - TV news watchers have NO expectations of careful discussion of public issues. - newspaper readers have the expectation of…
I don't see any flaw in your reasoning, the conclusion ... premises to the conclusion. The argument makes sense because their is ... that assumption, this weakens the argument. I can see this as ... -
PT48.S1.Q17 - animal ecosystem recede threatenedSome classes of animal are so successful that they spread into virtually every ecosystem... Answer: the argument is flaw because "what is true of …
... down. The core of the argument is not about ants vs ... species of ants.
The flaw is actually a quite common ... one (whole to part flaw), but the writers really did ... -
Causation ,condition, premise and conclusionAfter going through all the courses in 7sage, I found myself still confused about causation and conditional logical, especially how to know the relat…
... will ask you to strengthen, weaken, identify the flaw.
Here ... to do these:
1. Strengthen: X was removed, and Y ... , but Y remained.
3. Flaw: the author assumes that an ... -
The secret to do tough Weaken/strengthen questionToday I have a big progress in weaken/strengthen question. I find in most weaken/strengthen question, there exists a presumption and the only thing…
... can also see the weaken/strengthen here.
For instance, http ... to weaken the whole paleontologist argument here. -
Identifying question "stems" for R.C.?Hello anybody, I just recently started studying for R.C. In LR, I found "identifying" question stems extremely helpful. It helped me tunnel mind f…
... MSS. There's also Strengthen and Weaken, usually in the ... following strengthens the author's argument that..." The difference in ... In LR, you strengthen the argument. In RC, you strengthen the *author's ... * argument, or the critic' ... -
Can I still improve LR by Oct 5?I'm still getting like 10 wrong in LR and its disheartening because I've been taking timed sections out of PTs (don't have time to do full length exc…
... "Every stimulus that contains an argument is going to be flawed ... to me to find that flaw" I practiced by reading the ... an idea of what the flaw was.
Obviously, this ... -
Defining a causal relationshipPrior to the LSAT I've never really considered why A causes B. I'm very unsure of my definition of a causal relationship and would like to put it out…
... falsely) it means to strengthen the argument a causation relationship does exist ... ask you to refute an argument that establishes these relations but ... ask you to make an argument for establishing them. -
No idea how to identify an answer in harder flaw questions.SO it seems to be easy to own easy flaw questions but the harder ones...the answers are so vague! And I've been getting everyone of the harder flaws …
... pre-phrasing and answering flaw questions that do not ... source argument. These are those questions that assert a flaw with ... in the author's argument. The flaw being the presumption that ... a necessary assumption of the argument ... -
Comprehensive Strategy for RC - response to KS in 3 partsHi KS, Perhaps you are taking the Feb LSAT, but given that the Dec test is only 3 weeks away, let me share my RC strategy. Not sure if you have t…
... provide a strong, virtually impenetrable argument supported by numerous solid claims ... purposely bolster, strengthen and support the passage's central argument. Remember intentionality ... not *somehow* support the central argument cannot glue themselves to the ... -
Helpful outside resources for the LSATGuys, when you're exercising or commuting or just putzing around, listen to the podcasts from Radiolab and Planet Money. From a content point of view…
SO funny you put this up... I was listening to the Diane Rehm show this morning and it hit me: NPR's stories are phenomenal for flaw spotting and argument evaluation. -
Prehistoric Chimpanzee Argument, prep test 23I am awesome at this portion of the test and usually score really well, but for some reason cannot understand why the correct answer choice on this q…
... the opposite of the first flaw. Did they replace the term ... more direct impact on the argument. By checking the answer, you ... it will completely destroy the argument.
I am studying the ... -
What are the most common question types on LR?What are the most common question types on LR, as in the types such as weakening, principle etc that appear the most often on the test. We know what …
... /sufficient assumptions (2~5)> strengthen/weaken questions (2~4) > ... point, disagreement, explain discrepancy, matching flaw/reasoning, and functions (0~2 ... -
What are the most common question types on LR?What are the most common question types on LR, as in the types such as weakening, principle etc that appear the most often on the test. We know what …
... strengthen question can be relying on your capacity to find the argument ... -
Most vulnerable to criticism, in need of solidifyingThis is one of the last LR type im having issues with and need some guidance. I see this stem, read the stimulus and see five answer choices that sa…
... not to think of all 'flaw' questions as falling into the ... traditional flaw categories (for instance, inferring causation ... point of vulnerability in an argument that doesn't transgress any ... -
How would you simplify this? How would you make it more simple to understand? I took me 5 minutes just to figure out all those negations. Preptest 51, Section 3, Question 23.
Which one? there are two versions of PT51
Is it the Flaw Question or The Argument Part Question? -
PT14.S4.Q09 - anyone who supports the new tax planHi! I am having difficulty with predicting descriptive flaw questions. If anyone has done this question can you please explain to me how the correct …
... exact conditional relationship that the argument has botched.
What's the flaw here? Intuitively we know its ... ) and understanding that the argument, with its faulty logic, ... necessity problems that have a flaw, try to ask yourself ... -
PT68.S2.Q24 - studies have found that human tearshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-68-section-2-question-24/ i'm having difficulty with the following question: ID THE FLAW: "studies have…
The main error in the argument is that the author is ... would be committing a causation flaw (one that we are trying ... -
PT69.S4.Q16 - salespeople always steer customershttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-69-section-4-question-16/ Hey test-takers! If you have PT69, care to discuss this question with me? Upo…
No such flaw was committed; the argument's premises indicated that ... highest possible commission. The argument then indicates that all salespeople ... , as indicated by the argument, satisfy both of these ... no question that the argument has successfully proven that ... -
PT69.S4.Q16 - salespeople always steer customershttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-69-section-4-question-16/ Hey test-takers! If you have PT69, care to discuss this question with me? Upo…
... argument doesn't commit the characteristic whole to part flaw ... . It does commit another flaw, that of inappropriately interpreting ... />
So in your argument, the fact that salespeople GENERALLY ... logic. In your argument, the flaw committed has to do ... -
Sufficient Assumptions destroying meSufficient Assumption questions are killing me. Anyone have this problem and how have you overcome it?
... and strengthen questions are all asking you to make the argument better ... to the stimulus, the argument becomes a valid argument. PSA questions come ... to the stimulus, the argument is really close to a ... valid argument, but falls just short.
PT38.S4.Q14 - reducing speed limitshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-38-section-4-question-14/ I have questions about (B) and (D) First of all, an answer choice like (B), "…
... my review:
The argument doesn’t assume that total ... argument could still work, so this is barely not the flaw.
argument jumped from "speed limits" to ...Two types of Most Strongly Supported questions?I noticed that wording of these two MSS stems are slightly different. 1. “The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the fo…
... answer to support, justify, strengthen the argument (the relationship is from question ...
