Ben’s Class

Logical Reasoning

Set 1

Test 88, Section 4, Q17 — Advice columnist

Test 88, Section 2, Q25 — Dollar

Test 88, Section 4, Q25 — Fishing

Set 2

Test 88, Section 2, Q23 — Global warming

Test 14, Section 4, Q22 — Pilots

Test 88, Section 4, Q15 — Novels

Set 3

Test 88, Section 4, Q4 — Roman helmet

Test 14, Section 4, Q24 — Peru

Test 88, Section 4, Q16 — Eyewitnesses

Highlights

Ben chatted with students about the Review Inbox feature of the Demon before we started Logical Reasoning questions. He gave tips on how to find what’s wrong with an argument before looking at answer choices. Today’s questions showed that improving on the LSAT requires finding the gaps between premises and conclusions.

The Advice Columnist question showed us a type of invalid argument common to the LSAT. It led to a classroom discussion about the need to weigh both pros and cons to evaluate a normative conclusion. We saw several LR question types—both passage driven and answer driven—in class today. Ben helped students spot common flaws and gave tips on eliminating answer choices quickly.