LSAT: Reading Comprehension exam 2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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LSAT: Reading Comprehension
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LSAT: Reading Comprehension
Synthesis passages correct answers- 3 POV (pretty rare)
- Almost always starts off like a antithesis, but then the author comes in to resolve the debate (maybe both sides are right and view must be synthesized, or maybe both are wrong and another view is presented)
- Need to understand author's...
- Almost always starts off like a antithesis, but then the author comes in to resolve the debate (maybe
both sides are right and view must be synthesized, or maybe both are wrong and another view is
presented)
- Need to understand author's opinion
- If author is present, MAIN POINT AND PRIMARY PURPOSE ARE HIS VIEW (Important to track what
author thinks of other views)
- If author is not present (very very rare), main point and primary purpose will probably encompass all 3
views and be more neutral
- Locate and SUMMARIZE all 3 views
Antithesis passages (RC) correct answers- Reading passage with 2 POV
- MOST COMMON structure of RC
- Need to understand AUTHOR'S OPINION and how the view points relate to one another (Most times
the author will AGREE or ADVOCATE for one of the views)
PRESENT AUTHOR:
One POV will capture their main point and conclusion
- Will also determine how author feels about the other view (skeptical, stupid, uneasy)
NON PRESENT AUTHOR: Main point captures BOTH POV (Or at least the viewpoint that is focused on the
most)
- Answer choice should be more neutral here if ask what author thinks as he is not present
- Answer should NOT be too NARROW
Preparing for questions: Antithesis passages correct answers- Know each view and how they relate to
one another (agree/disagree, what they say about one another)
- TRACK where different views are presented
, "Which of the following sentences would most logically conclude the final paragraph in the passage"
correct answers- Keep in mind both the main point of the passage AND the main point of the paragraph
- Must apply to BOTH
Reading Comprehension strategies correct answers- Focus on 2 elements:
1.) Points of view
2.) Author's role
- Anticipate purpose of passage, attitude towards things, thesis of it, parts of passage lending themselves
to specific reference questions
- LSAT asks about same kinds of things: cause and effect, relationships, experiments, etc.
- Summarize each paragraph
Reading Comprehension: Points of view correct answers- 1 pt of view, a thesis passage
- 2 pts of view, an antithesis passage
- 3 pts. of view, a synthesis passage
- DON'T HAVE TO BE SEPARATE PASSAGES (just separate arguments)
- Make sure to understand each argument presented by each POV
Reading Comprehension: Author's role correct answers- Is author present or absent?
- Present if his/her views/opinions in at least a part are expressed (arguments are outright and not
attributed to different sources)
- Views attributed to other people, absent passage
- IF AUTHOR PRESENT: Main point is the authors view
- IF AUTHOR NOT PRESENT: Main point is something encompassing or touching on each of the passage
- If author is ABSENT, an answer choice saying an argument was "DEFENDED" must be incorrect, since
they are not expressing any of their own views
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