LSAT 156 – Section 4 – Question 22

LSAT 156 - Section 4 - Question 22

July 2020

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT156 S4 Q22
+LR
Sufficient assumption +SA
A
6%
153
B
30%
152
C
6%
147
D
12%
153
E
46%
163
152
159
166
 +Harder 147.09 +SubsectionMedium

An effective acting performance does not call the audience’s attention to the fact that it is a performance. That would make it more difficult for the audience to empathize with the character the actor is playing, and effective dramatic performances do not detract from the audience’s appreciation of a play.

Summary
The author concludes that an effective acting performance does NOT call attention to the fact that it’s a performance.
Why?
Because if it did call attention to the fact that it’s a performance, that makes it more difficult for the audience to empathize with the actor’s character.
And, effective acting performances do NOT detract from the audience’s appreciation of a play.

Missing Connection
One premise gives us this relationship:
Effective acting performance → NOT detract from audience appreciation
The other premise, if we think about it in terms of its contrapositive, gives us this relationship:
NOT more difficult for audience to empathize → NOT call attention to fact of performance
We want to get from “effective acting performance” to “NOT call attention to fact of performance.” To do that, we want to establish a connection between the two premises:
NOT detract from audience appreciation → NOT more difficult for audience to empathize
Here’s the contrapositive version of the relationship we want to establish:
More difficult for audience to empathize → detract from audience appreciation

A
An audience will not completely appreciate a play unless all of the acting performances in the play are effective.
Establishing what’s required to “completely” appreciate a play doesn’t connect the premises together. In addition, (A) states that acting performances being effective is necessary for something else. But the conclusion doesn’t assert that an effective acting performance is necessary for something else.
B
As long as an acting performance does not call the audience’s attention to the fact that it is a performance, it will not detract from the audience’s appreciation of a play.
This reverses what could have been correct. (B) tells us that “not call attention” implies “not detract from appreciation.” But we want to show that “not detract from appreciation” implies “not call attention.”
C
If a performance by an actor in a play enhances the audience’s appreciation of the play, then the play as a whole is better as a result.
Making a play better has nothing to do with connecting the concepts in the premises.
D
An effective dramatic performance in a play will enhance the audience’s appreciation of the play.
(D) simply twists one premise, which says that effective acting performances do not detract from audience’s appreciation. With (D), we still don’t know whether making it more difficult for audiences to empathize with characters detracts from audience appreciation.
E
A dramatic performance that makes it more difficult for the audience to empathize with the actor’s character detracts from the audience’s appreciation of the play.
(E) allows us to connect the premises. With (E), we know that effective acting performance → not detract from appreciation → not make more difficult to empathize → not call attention.

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