Nathan’s Class

Logical Reasoning

Test L1, Section 2, Q1 — Spine manipulation

Test L1, Section 2, Q2 — Independent films

Test L1, Section 2, Q3 — Dairy farmers

Test L1, Section 2, Q4 — Raising minimum wage

Reading Comprehension

Test 110, Passage 4 — Refugee definition

Logical Reasoning

Test L1, Section 2, Q5 — Moon flashes

Test L1, Section 2, Q6 — Orange trees

Test L1, Section 2, Q7 — Large stores

Test L1, Section 2, Q8 — Tulip

Bonus

Test D, Section 1, Q3 — Song lyrics

Test D, Section 1, Q16 — Polyphenols

Highlights

Tonight’s class covered Supported, Disagree, Necessary Assumption, Weaken, Strengthen, and Paradox questions. Nathan emphasized that to succeed at Logical Reasoning, it’s never about guessing or narrowing the answers down to two and picking the “better” one. We need to commit to reading carefully enough to understand why the correct answer is objectively correct and why the wrong answers are objectively wrong. Nathan also discussed how to get faster at RC by investing more time into understanding the passage. He discouraged students from using the highlighter as a substitute for true understanding.

We also introduced LSAT Demon’s Student of the Week, Clara Prideaux.

Links shared in class:

LSAT Argumentative Writing

Normative vs. Descriptive

“Except” Questions