Diagram?

(Diag)

Diagramming the logic is likely helpful (but not necessary) to solve the problem.

Avg. 1.3 per section
Conditional reasoning
1%
12%
35%
35%
17%

Avg. difficulty: 3.5

Key tactics

  • Because conditional reasoning is so common on the LSAT (and critical to the competent practice of law, by the way), questions testing these skills are often aggressively unintuitive when thinking about them in English.
  • In these situations, diagramming is an excellent method of abstracting away from the claims' substance to focus only on their structure. This will help enormously when combating wrong answer choices that are perfectly reasonable statements are their own, yet reflect a confusion of sufficiency and necessity.
  • Everyone must strike their own balance with respect to when to diagram and when to think in English.

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Logical reasoning question types

Argument part Evaluate Fill in the blank Flaw or descriptive weakening Inference Main conclusion or main point Method of reasoning or descriptive Most strongly supported Must be false Must be true Necessary assumption Parallel flawed method of reasoning Parallel method of reasoning Point at issue: agree Point at issue: disagree Principle PSA - find or complete the application PSA - find the rule Resolve reconcile or explain Strengthen Sufficient assumption Weaken

Reading comprehension question types

Analogy (RC) Application Author’s attitude Author’s perspective Describe approach Describe organization Describe relationship Implied Logical continuation Main point Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea) Other’s perspective Principle or generalization Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea) Purpose of paragraph Purpose of passage Stated Structure WSE (RC)

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