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The LSAT asks you for the assumption, but in order to get to the assumption you must fully understand the conclusion and the supporting evidence. In that since, you’re doing all the work of a conclusion question and then some. Don’t just dive into the answers, try to come up with a prephrase based on your understanding of the argument.

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We’ve seen how an argument is like a table with three legs, the premises, conclusion, and assumptions. Since the assumption is the weakest leg, If you want to weaken the argument, attack the assumption and hope the table falls down. If you want to strengthen the argument, strengthen the assumption so that when your opponents start kicking at your table, it will stay standing.

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A common LSAT question type asks you to weaken or strengthen an argument. The LSAT is an excellent predictor or your success in law school. If you learn to think like the test requires, you’ll also learn skills that will help you get better grades. So it makes sense that the LSAT would ask you to weaken and strengthen arguments, since you’ll be spending a lot of time doing that in law school.

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Now it’s time to put your knowledge of LSAT assumption questions into practice. We’re going to show you LSAT assumption questions that are just like the ones you will find on the actual LSAT test.

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Since the assumption of an LSAT argument is the unstated portion of the argument, a key skill for the LSAT test is finding the hidden assumption. What is it that the author intends or implies but does not say outright?

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To weaken an argument, you must find the central assumption and attack it. It is as if you are finding additional evidence among the answer choices that refutes the central assumption.

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Dealing with assumptions is the most critical skill you can develop for the LSAT test. This is the first in a series of lesson articles introducing you to LSAT Assumption Questions.

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Certain logical fallacies are common on the LSAT. The more comfortable you are with them, the easier it will be for you to recognize and manipulate flawed arguments on the LSAT test. That means more points on test day.

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Now that we’ve seen an introduction to LSAT Parallel Reasoning Questions, let’s get some practice paraphrasing arguments. Paraphrasing is essential since LSAT Parallel Reasoning questions ask you to compare argument forms instead of analyzing, strengthening or weakening those arguments.

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