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Explain Answer ChoiceLSAT 21.S2.Q5 For D, it says, "Concedes the very point that it argues against." I thought it meant this person is not arguing against the main poi…
... 't think it means circular reasoning, but a contradictory statement -- "X ... />
Circular reasoning would be --"X because X" or "it's wrong ... is wrong, than saying circular reasoning lol)
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5 star LR questions, What's the strategy here?Hello 7sagers. So wondering if I should be approaching these 5 star questions differently. I recently took a PT where I missed 5 LR questions and …
... not be apparent with one or two readings alone.
... series of conditional chains, or a complex set of referential ... your ability with logical reasoning as a whole begins ... difficult like parallel flaw or parallel method of reasoning. Additionally, you ... -
5 star LR questions, What's the strategy here?Hello 7sagers. So wondering if I should be approaching these 5 star questions differently. I recently took a PT where I missed 5 LR questions and …
... has more distracting fluff, or conversely, the ACs are ... take the base concept (flaw, paralell flaw, MSS, PSA, etc.) ... easily missed, underlying flaw. With parallel flaw questions, maybe three ... more obvious flaw.
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5 star LR questions, What's the strategy here?Hello 7sagers. So wondering if I should be approaching these 5 star questions differently. I recently took a PT where I missed 5 LR questions and …
... series of conditional chains, or a complex set of ... your ability with logical reasoning as a whole begins ... difficult like parallel flaw or parallel method of reasoning. Additionally, you ... which questions are especially easy or especially hard. I think ... -
Pre-PhraseHow do you pre-phrase correctly? I notice that when I get an answer wrong and I look at someone else pre-phrase that they was right on. I tried the p…
... we have: be it flaw or weakening or sufficient assumption etc and come ... are comfortable with the underlying reasoning contained in the problem to ... credited response strengthens or weakens a line of reasoning in a seemingly ... -
Upgraded to Ultimate +, what should I do to prepare for Sept 2018 LSAT?I have been PTing for several weeks after completing the Ultimate CC. However, I felt the need to upgrade to Ultimate + due to the lack of improvemen…
... NA, SA, and Parallel Flaw/Method of reasoning questions under LR (I ... available) before I continue PTing? Or should I continue with PTs ... -
November Retake Study PlanWhat is your plan of attack? How many PTs a week, drilling, daily schedule, books you will read to help with RC (even non-LSAT related), meditation/m…
... weak types (HEAVY focus on Flaw, Parallel M, S.A, ... /> *Looking for part-time jobs or internships so I can work ... not speaking the truth and/or being deceitful to myself ... high intensity training and/or weightlifting) can help actually help your brain produce ... -
Drilling vs. PTingIs there a PT score/BR score combination at which drilling becomes an ineffectively use of time and instead one should solely focus on PTing with BR?…
... go back, spot the flaw in your reasoning and articulate it out ... supplementary stuff like the trainer or the bible on how to ... -
Advice for parallel reasoning speedThese questions consistently take me three minutes to do when they're in the 4 or 5 stars difficulty. Takes me a minute to read and diagram the stimu…
... choices without even knowing the flaw.
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1. Remember the flaw and the reasoning structure (how many premises ... When I *cannot* find the flaw
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What do necessary assumptions do to an argument's flaw?Hi there! So I'm still trying to answer this question and could use some help! Lots of different sources, including 7sager and the Trainer, suggest …
... CARE of the flaw in the reasoning. So let's ... when food is plentiful. Or, in other words, ... reasoning. If you know what's wrong with an argument (the flaw ... blocks that flaw from happening. The flaw must not ... valid, that a particular flaw isn't happening, ... -
What do necessary assumptions do to an argument's flaw?Hi there! So I'm still trying to answer this question and could use some help! Lots of different sources, including 7sager and the Trainer, suggest …
... TAKES CARE of the flaw in the reasoning. So let's say ... do when food is plentiful. Or, in other words, rattlesnakes do ... that blocks this flaw; either by literally blocking it, or by lightly ... bridging the elements in the flaw to the ... -
What do necessary assumptions do to an argument's flaw?Hi there! So I'm still trying to answer this question and could use some help! Lots of different sources, including 7sager and the Trainer, suggest …
... TAKES CARE of the flaw in the reasoning. So let's say ... do when food is plentiful. Or, in other words, rattlesnakes do ... that blocks this flaw; either by literally blocking it, or by lightly ... bridging the elements in the flaw to the ... -
Flaw - Descriptive Flaws vs Actual Flaws in the Argument - How to determine??I often make the mistake in flaw questions of -choosing an answer choice that's descriptively accurate and COULD describe a flaw, but doesn't describ…
... in simply/lay terms or some trivial flaw characteristics of the ... hone in on the largest flaw or huge jumps from the ... out. Typing explanations for flaw questions forces you to confront ... the flaws or flawed method of reasoning for a particular LR flaw question ... -
Malcom Gladwell takes the LSATBelow is a link to Gladwell's podcast (part 1) where he talks about his experience taking the LSAT. There's still another part to come but the pod en…
... back by not running overtime or something or by taking a year ... 170'd without formal teaching or even courses. Some started with ... insidious argument because the flaw in the reasoning is more obvious. On ... compared to being white (or even other minorities in most ... -
Help!!!Hi everyone, I really need some advice in regards to the LSAT. I have been studying on and off for the LSAT from the past 1 year. I started at arou…
... -curriculum-study-strategies/ This will help.
First, really understand ... Must Be True questions, MSS or Flaw or How to Skip Questions take ... -
LR not improving anymoreI started studying for the LSAT in May with about 7 wrong on per LR section, and 10 wrong on RC, and 7 for LG. My scores became consistent in the low…
... as well, so it will help tenfold. I was also stuck ... this hard to do better or that I'm not smart ... argument, before reading the ACs. (Flaw, Assumptions..and ESPECIALLY parallel towards ... is asking/not identifying the flaw, or mis-reading.
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Constantly getting the easiest questions wrong?I legitimately have near 100% accuracy on five star questions, but am constantly getting one and two stars wrong. I just did a PT and got 171, but I …
... to is a bit more descriptive, so I can see how ... had a lapse in concentration or weren't connecting with the ... if you misread the stimulus or misunderstand the argument structure. Easy ... you are not seeing the flaw or whatever the question type may ... -
Flaw questions give me hellFlaw questions give me hell. I cannot initially grasp the type of flaw even though I know there is a flaw somewhere. And when I go to the answer choi…
... aware of the common flaw question types that you ... the common flaw question types can help make these ... flaw i.e. Whole to Part/Part to whole, Bad causal reasoning ... to get these common flaw types in your minds ... credited answer for a flaw type question. You can ... -
Suggestions on how to improve??I took my first ever diagnostic from Khan Academy about a month ago and scored a 152, and recently took a PT and scored 158. I’m enjoying the CC and …
... have to see the reasoning method, or the reasoning flaw, or the principle underlying the ... one that uses the same reasoning. Think ahead in each ... 't.
For flaw questions, first think whether it ... , then whether it's the flaw.
If you ... -
"presupposing what it seeks to establish" meaningFor the LR sections and flawed question types, I've seen the answer choice "presupposing what it seeks to establish" quite often. My thought process …
... somewhere that circular reasoning answer choices are ... the flaw questions, the flaw is rarely circular reasoning (it ... exclusivity flaw, an equivocation/illegal concept shift, or an ... absence of evidence fallacy). And when the flaw is circular reasoning ... -
Reviewing questions — do you rewrite the question?For the blind reviews I’m doing for the PTs, drills, etc, I want to start a list of those questions I circled and the thought process to the answers.…
... link = x (assumption / flaw type).
that might help you "see" it ... your review each time and/or to see wrong answer patterns ... are integral to that stimulus, or certainty/probable terms that were ... make or break to the right answer ... -
I Could Cry...Above 165 scorers pls helpFor the last one year, I constantly get anywhere from -6 to -13 on a single LR section. I typically score in the low-mid 150s, with my logic games sc…
... like there's a flaw with conditional reasoning or sampling strategy, but I ... the time now for SA or Inference questions I can already ... -
I Could Cry...Above 165 scorers pls helpFor the last one year, I constantly get anywhere from -6 to -13 on a single LR section. I typically score in the low-mid 150s, with my logic games sc…
... like there's a flaw with conditional reasoning or sampling strategy, but I ... the time now for SA or Inference questions I can already ... -
I Could Cry...Above 165 scorers pls helpFor the last one year, I constantly get anywhere from -6 to -13 on a single LR section. I typically score in the low-mid 150s, with my logic games sc…
... like there's a flaw with conditional reasoning or sampling strategy, but I ... the time now for SA or Inference questions I can already ... -
How to distinguish minor flaws from major/main flaws?One of my biggest weaknesses at Flawed Method of Reasoning is distinguishing between a minor flaw and a major flaw in a stimulus that has multiple fl…
... useful, so it may help to consider them "relevant ... a major flaw is a gap in reasoning when you ...
A minor flaw might be "no, more accidents ... it isn't a flaw in the reasoning - just some bad ... isn't the flaw in the reasoning _inside_ the stimulus.< ... -
NA vs SAHi! I for the life of me cannot correctly identify NA q's from SA q's. Does anyone have any tips/tricks to recognize between the two?
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SUFFICIENT ASSUMPTION: (FIX THE REASONING)
Wording/How to Spot ... /> • Identify flaw or gap between premise and conclusion
• Fix the reasoning of ... to conclusion
◦ Unrelated to reasoning
• Restates premises
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PT91.S4.Q13,14 and Q22: Could a Sage help! Still confused!If anyone could give a breakdown for these two questions, it would help a lot! For #13, I was able to narrow it down to A and B but don't understand …
... by passage A that markets help people share information quickly and ... a lawyer and gather evidence or provide reasoning to defend why you ... said no and present my reasoning: AC A doesn't really ... -
PT91.S4.Q13,14 and Q22: Could a Sage help! Still confused!If anyone could give a breakdown for these two questions, it would help a lot! For #13, I was able to narrow it down to A and B but don't understand …
... by passage A that markets help people share information quickly and ... a lawyer and gather evidence or provide reasoning to defend why you ... said no and present my reasoning: AC A doesn't really ... put in a request for help. -
PT91.S4.Q13,14 and Q22: Could a Sage help! Still confused!If anyone could give a breakdown for these two questions, it would help a lot! For #13, I was able to narrow it down to A and B but don't understand …
... passage A that markets help people share information quickly ... lawyer and gather evidence or provide reasoning to defend why ... no and present my reasoning: AC A doesn't ... put in a request for help.
Um, ... I think it would help you since you kinda ... -
PT91.S4.Q13,14 and Q22: Could a Sage help! Still confused!If anyone could give a breakdown for these two questions, it would help a lot! For #13, I was able to narrow it down to A and B but don't understand …
... passage A that markets help people share information quickly ... lawyer and gather evidence or provide reasoning to defend why ... no and present my reasoning: AC A doesn't ... put in a request for help.
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& ... I think it would help you since you kinda ...
