The okapi, a forest mammal of central Africa, has presented zoologists with a number of difficult questions since they first learned of its existence in 1900. ███
Possible answer ·Live in area that used to be the only forest
Zoologists think Okapis respect the boundaries of what used to be the only forest, even after forest expanded.
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
Single position
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Question Type
Analogy (RC)
The author describes okapi eating behavior in P3: ”Okapis never eat one plant to the exclusion of others; even where preferred foliage is abundant, okapis will leave much of it uneaten, choosing to move on and sample other leaves.” Let’s look for an answer involving leaving some things uneaten, or sampling various foods. If the LSAT wants a more abstract analogy, then the correct answer doesn’t have to involve eating. It might involve someone leaving something unfinished before moving on to another thing.
The okapi doesn’t eat “all” of one leaf before moving to another.
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It’s not clear how following an outline is analogous to leaving foods uneaten or leaving something unfinished before moving on to something else.
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It’s not clear how delaying work until the last minute is analogous to leaving foods uneaten or leaving something unfinished before moving on to something else.
This is the most analogous, because the reader doesn’t read every story to completion. She leaves a story unfinished and moves on to the next, just as the okapi samples one leaf before moving on to the next.
Passages that focus on describing or evaluating potential explanations for a given phenomenon. Causal reasoning features prominently in these passages.
