This article is the third in a lesson series on LSAT Arguments. This article will demonstrate techniques for finding LSAT assumptions. Assumptions are the parts of the argument that the author left out but must be intended by the author given the premises and the conclusion.
This lesson series covers the following articles:
This is the final in a series of lesson articles about conclusions on the LSAT test. The series includes the following articles:
LSAT Secrets for Conclusions
Here are the TestSherpa secrets to figuring out conclusions.
This series of lesson articles will deal with LSAT Formal Logic. Learning some tricks for handling LSAT Formal Logic can translate into some quick points on test day. This lesson series covers the following articles:
LSAT Formal Logic: An Introduction
LSAT If-Then Statements
LSAT Contrpositive
Best LSAT Logic Tip
LSAT Formal Logic
The LSAT doesn’t explicitly test formal logic in many Logical Reasoning questions; however, your ability to analyze argument structure often depends on your understanding of some basic formal principles. Furthermore, the Analytical Reasoning section is based entirely in formal logic.
Most Logical Reasoning arguments and almost all Reading Comprehension passages are fairly reasonable in their tone. That is, they don’t use extreme language or stretch what the author is trying to say.
This is the fifth in a series of articles dealing with wrong answer choices in LSAT Logical Reasoning. The series includes the following articles:
The LSAT test asks you specific types of questions in the Logical Reasoning section, and you will become extremely familiar with all of them. One way to trick you into the wrong answer choice is to offer you an answer that would be right for another question stem, but is wrong for the question at hand.
This article is the third in a series of articles explaining LSAT Logical Reasoning Wrong Answers. The series includes the following articles:
This is the second in a series of lesson articles about conclusions on the LSAT test. The series includes the following articles:
Finding Conclusions on the LSAT Test: Advanced Techniques
Sometimes an author uses an analogy to support her main idea. Often the LSAT tries to trick you by giving you an answer choice related to an analogy. The analogy is never central to the argument, and is never the main conclusion. For example:
This is the second article on a series of articles dealing with LSAT Formal Logic. This article will explain conditional if-then statements as they are used on the LSAT test.
This lesson series covers the following articles:
Sometimes the difference between getting a point right or wrong on the LSAT test is simply a matter of being able to eliminate the wrong answers. During the extreme pressure of test day, you may not even know why the right answer is right. But thanks to your steady preparation, you know why the wrong answers are wrong. A point is a point, anyway, and no one is going to ask how you got your 172 after the fact.
This series of articles discusses how to recognize and eliminate wrong answer choices in the logical reasoning section of the LSAT test. It includes the following articles:
This article is the second in a lesson series on LSAT Arguments. This article will discuss the structure of LSAT arguments: the parts and pieces of LSAT arguments, how the work and why they are there.
This is the third in a series of lesson articles about conclusions on the LSAT test. The series includes the following articles:
Conclusion Questions on the LSAT Test
Try your hand at the following LSAT question. Answer the question before moving on and reading the explanation. Remember the four-step TestSherpa method for Logical Reasoning: