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Anticipating Correct Answer ChoicesHello 7 Sagers - I'm in the post-CC stage preparing for the June '17 test, and I'm almost averaging my goal BR score, which is encouraging. I have a …
... question about anticipating the correct AC in the LR section. For ... /weaken can bring in outside information to affect the amount of support ... , but should we try to guess the ... question types before moving to the AC's? Thanks in ... -
Mistakenly Making Flaw Questions into Weaken QuestionsDoes anyone else find themselves mistakenly solving flaw questions as weaken questions when considering certain answer choices? What I will find my…
... mistakenly solving flaw questions as weaken questions when considering certain answer ... true, it wouldn't necessary weaken the argument, so it isn't ... the flaw of the argument"
I ... think this is incorrect because the best method for answering ... -
PT80.S4.Q22 - scientists once believed thatThe correct answer to this question is information that would help to evaluate the argument in the stimulus. If the information is taken to one extre…
... if the information is taken to the other extreme, it will weaken the argument ... />
The argument breaks down as follows, imo:
Premise: A ... .Rex, then wouldn't that weaken the argument by leaving it more ... -
PT2.S2.Q19 - how do the airlines expect toI need some help with this question. I got the right answer but in Blind Review I changed the answer to a wrong choice. The right answer is D. I u…
... t pertain to the argument? I believe the premise to be ... flying time". The conclusion is "Therefore, the airlines should rethink ... commercial crashes." The gap would be the relationship from ... /> Admin edit: Please review the forum rules:
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the often overlooked essential skill for RC and LR successI believe that brushing up on English grammar is necessary for RC and LR success. JY also mentions the importance of referential phrasing and grammar…
... , we practice identifying the premise and the conclusion and reorganizing the stimulus in a ... sentence is the subject and the verb; they are like the premise and the conclusion ... equivalent of a stimulus (in terms of the ... -
Help with Weakening Questions!I'm in the middle of going through the CC and I'm on weakening questions at this point. I'm working on my problem sets, but the last five sets I've …
... three or more of the questions wrong- the last two I ... looking for AC that reduces the support between the premise and conclusion, and I ... 'm able to identify the premise, conclusion, referential phases, etc. ... came from in selecting the AC, but the next set I ... -
When to be wary of conditional statements in ACs?Hi guys, This is something I've sort of noticed with BR'ing a lot of logical reasoning - it seems that depending on the question type, an answer c…
... it seems that depending on the question type, an answer choice ... literally filling in a missing premise. However, that doesn't ... you're looking for the critical assumption that would make ... "some" is strong enough to weaken the argument.)
Just ... -
PT10.S1.Q07 - slash and burnWhy wouldnt **A** be considered an attack on the premise that says that land becomes too poor to support agriculture?
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PT74.S1.Q17 - how the pigment known as han purpleHi All, I've seen many explanations regarding this infamous Han purple question--none of which have addressed my specific confusion: https://7sag…
... thing I noticed was the how the premises give us ... production." We have the same exact support for that conclusion as ... we do the conclusion ... initially notice the produced/discovered distinction in the stimulus. Upon ... -
PT10.S1.Q23 - no one knows what purposesPSA are just not clicking for me and I feel very uncomfortable answering them even when I get them right. I'm drilling them this afternoon and I had …
... . We need to connect the premise to the conclusion. The ant-eater's anatomy ... the author is using the facts about that animal to provide support for the ... hypothesis. The issue with this AC ... -
PT80.S4.Q22 - scientists once believed thatHi, I'm having a lot of trouble eliminating D on this question, and would love some help if possible! My reasoning: D) Was the species to which…
... br /> D) Was the species to which the recently discovered [earlier] dinosaur ... explanation to the scientists' hypothesis and strengthening the author's ... feel like this would weaken the author's argument as it ... not evolve these features to support its size, T. ... -
Strengthen QuestionsFor strengthening questions, how much does it need to strengthen the stimulus for it to be correct. For example, weakening questions, as long as it c…
For strengthening questions, how much does it need to strengthen the stimulus for it to be correct. For example, weakening questions, as long as it casts doubt on the support, I can weaken the argument. Does this also apply for strengthening questions? -
Advice on attacking weakening questions?Hi everyone, I was just wondering if someone could please give me some advice. I have listened to JY's videos and engaged myself in MANY weakening…
... focusing on how I can "weaken" the support between the premises and conclusion.... but ... finding other assumptions that would weaken the original support.
Does anyone ... -
PT8.S1.Q22 - For the writers who first gave feudalism its name...So, I chose B at first and then changed to C for BR. Now I know why B and C both cannot be the correct answer for this question. B talks about do…
... and C both cannot be the correct answer for this ... from noble class in the premise.
The correct answer for this ... that feudalism by definition requires the existence of a nobility is ... .
I understand the answer until "is to employ ... -
For those who used 7sage CC to study and got a 170+ on your PTs/the LSAT, how did you approach CC?Did you not continue on in the CC until you mastered the section? I'm going back through the CC again after not taking it seriously last year. …
... continue on in the CC until you mastered the section?
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I'm in the Most Strongly Support LR section right now ... . I'm halfway through the problem ... or is this just about the learning process and getting ... -
PT54.S4.Q22 - The short-term and long-term interestsI don’t get it. AC B looks to be necessary but not sufficient. A->(B-most->C) Therefore B<-some->D AC B gives us C<-some->D Which allows u…
... idea which is found in the conclusion and A was intuitively ... wrong). Maybe I am misunderstanding the logical relationships? JY didn't ... /> If we were to change the premise to C-most->B ... 't think that's the correct translation. The Manhattan forum agrees with ... -
Logical Reasoning: StatisticsAfter combing through numerous tests looking for ways to improve my logical reasoning score, I isolated a concept throughout the preptests that I was…
... br /> 1) To weaken or strengthen an argument using ... fewer younger people. To weaken it you could say ... />
**Is the premise representative of the conclusion?**
Representativeness is ... Your job is to strengthen, weaken, point out flaws, or ... -
Differentiation between premise and contextHow do you differentiate between the context and the premise? Do you always have to have a premise indicator in order to have a premise?
How do you differentiate between the context and the premise? Do you always have to have a premise indicator in order to have a premise? -
Mostly Strongly SupportedI am still in the process of going through these lessons so I might be ahead of myself but is there a formula for tackling most strongly support ques…
I am still in the process of going through these ... most strongly support questions. I understand that the stimulus is the premise and I ... to make an inference of the conclusion but I find myself ... re-reading the stimulus over and over again ... -
PT30.S4.Q20 - Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drugThere is a myth out there that on Strengthen questions the LSAT will always give us four definitive non-strengtheners and only one strengthener. But …
... any reason for the premises to support the claim that we ... should be generally slowing down introduction of the ... new drugs to the marketplace. The clear assumption ... of most of the new drugs on the marketplace, and ... -
Flaw QuestionsHow can you get better at Flaw questions? I always isolate the premise(s) and the conclusion, and know that you are suppose to weaken the link betwee…
... the premise(s) and the conclusion, and know that you are suppose to weaken the ... link between the premise ... and the conclusion. ... up picking the tricky wrong answer ... -
Answer interpretationWhen an answer choice says “it is a statement that the argument provides grounds to accept and from which the overall conclusion is inferred”, is thi…
... essentially the premise.
Or is the premise “it is a premise offered in support of ... an intermediate conclusion of the ... -
Role of statement questions - key termsThese are one type of question I often struggle a bit with, so I figured I would write out a bunch of common answer choice labels and define them in …
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Principle
Support (offered as)
Premise
Main Conclusion
the meaning.
Premise: a premise is a claim ... focus on the direction of the support. Is it actually supporting the thing the answer ... -
The Sufficient/Necessary Flaw: an approach to maximize pointsHey everyone, This post is intended to be an overview of how the sufficient/necessary flaw appears on the LSAT and how we can develop a system of att…
... curriculum. From recognizing conclusion/premise indicators, to properly ... are given the ~A in the premise of the author’s ... argument and are given the ~B in the ... telling us that the premise functions like the sufficient condition ... -
When weaken with alternate explan., how to if AC is ACTUALLY alternate explan. or not? PT 61.2.11hello! so for a lot of Phen/Hypo Weaken questions, the way to attack them is to find an alternative explanation. One example of this is PT61.2.11.…
... a lot of Phen/Hypo Weaken questions, the way to attack them ... weaken a phenomenon, does it have to be completely distinguished from the ... are actually alternate explanations that weaken the argument.
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Weaken QuestionsHello 7Sagers, I am currently working on weaken questions and I am having a hard time understanding the task. I understand that I am supposed to f…
... I am currently working on weaken questions and I am ... focus on the conclusion, but find the gap between the premises ... and conclusion ( with the ac) that will weaken the ... focus only on weakening the conclusion or something else? ... -
LR Study GuideOne of the issues I had with LR was how quickly I had to change gears from one question to another. The test tries to mess with you as it asks simila…
... added, proves the conclusion.
• **Strengthen/Support**- Provide support or strengthen the authors argument ... AC best attacks the argument in the stimulus.
• **Weaken**- Find the answer choice ... -
PT5.S1.Q5 - Recently, highly skilled workers in Eastern Europethis is a weaken question the conclusion is that those skilled workers who remained in EE will be in high demand Premise: highly skilled worker…
this is a weaken question
the conclusion is that ... br />
Premise: highly skilled workers left for the West
< ... is clear to me as the correct answer choice
... workers, wouldn't D also weaken the argument?
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PT82.S4.Q21 - Restraurant critic: Most people agree that the foodI am thoroughly confused by this question. The correct answer just explains why TI remains ordinary. But why does that even need an explanation? …
... this question.
The correct answer just explains why ... ordinary. Hence, wouldn’t the correct answer have to strengthen ... more popular?
The premise only talks about how TI ... that would suggest that the location is a significant ... -
PT72.S3.Q6 - gamma ray burstshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-72-section-3-question-06/ I am having such a tough time on this question. I have written out my thinking,…
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The goal here is to support the author's conclusion ... that the duration being ... answer denies assumption #1. The duration being long would ... it as such. This would weaken the argument.
However ...
