Demons in the Details LR

Logical Reasoning

Test 128, Section 2, Q6 — Effects of language

Test 140, Section 1, Q8 — Hypnosis

Test 128, Section 2, Q8 — Child education

Highlights

As Denzel said in Training Day: “It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.” Today, we tackled two Supported questions and a Reasoning (Role) question. We saw how the right answers became obvious before we even read the questions—just by critically reading the passage and precisely analyzing the evidence. By breaking down the passage one sentence at a time and asking ourselves what we can and can’t prove, we quickly identified which answers were supported and eliminated unsupported ones. Then, by reordering and rephrasing arguments in our own words—“So you believe X because A & B”—we made reasoning crystal clear and cut our work in half. This simple habit turns Reasoning, Role, and Conclusion questions into almost free points on the test. The more we practice this, the easier LSAT arguments become—and soon, we’ll probably catch ourselves using this approach in everyday conversations without even realizing it!