Referential Roundup

Spot what it, this, and such refer to before time runs out.

About this game

One way the LSAT makes reading hard is by using a bunch of words that refer to other things: it, they, this, such, former, latter. If you don’t track what these words refer to, you’ll misunderstand LR stimuli and RC passages.

How it works. Start by reading a given sentence carefully. Next, a referential word lights up. Before the timer runs out, you tap the earlier word or phrase the referential word points back to. Get it right and you move on. Miss it and the game shows you the correct answer with a short note on why.

Keep learning

Referentials → What referential words are and why they matter for LSAT reading comprehension. Referential “that” → How “that” works as a referential word and common traps on the LSAT. Referential “which” → How “which” introduces relative clauses and what it refers back to. Negative referentials → How negation interacts with referential language on the LSAT.