Science passages can be intimidating on the LSAT test, especially if you’re not used to reading science jargon. This makes your outlining process even more important than on another type of reading comp passage.

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Humanities passages typically involve literature, philosophy, ethics and language. Your approach in a humanities passage should not change — you still use the TestSherpa method.

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Once or twice in a passage the LSAT will ask you something about a particular detail. The important thing to remember is that the LSAT is an open book test. We call these detail questions.

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It’s time to take a look at the typical kinds of questions you will see in an LSAT humanities reading comp passage.

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This is the second article in a series about LSAT Reading Comp Humanities passages. If you are reading this article before seeing the passage we are discussing, please read the first article in the series before continuing.

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Now that we’ve formed our outline for our science passage, let’s take a look at the questions. This is the third in a series of articles about LSAT science passage questions.

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Science passages typically involve topics in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine. Your approach in a science passage should not change — you still use the TestSherpa method.

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Why and how questions ask you about why the author used certain details or how the passage is put together. They’re structural and ask you to get inside the head of the author. The test wants to see if you can analyze the author enough to think like the author.

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Inference questions ask you to find the inferences and assumptions made in the passage. The main goal of the entire test is to assess your ability to go beyond what is on the page. It’s not unusual to face two or more inference questions in each passage.

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Macro Questions deal with the entire passage. You’ll typically get one or two of these questions with every passage.

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