LSAT: Premise & Conclusion Indicators
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The following ALWAYS introduce a premise but CONTAIN the conclusion
either before the word or after the premise in the SAME sentence ANS✔✔
For
Since
Because
Infers ANS✔✔ Conclusion
[Infers from] the claim that ANS✔✔ Premise
Infers, from the claim that ____, that _____ ANS✔✔ Infers, from the claim that
_[prem]_, that __[conc]___
If I said that 'He offered X as an adequate defense/proof of Y', which half
would be the conclusion, which would be the premise? ANS✔✔ If I said that
'He offered X as an adequate defense/proof of Y', which half would be the
conclusion, which would be the premise? X would be the Premise. It's the
basis/grounds for defending/proving Y.
Infers ___on the basis of ___ ANS✔✔ Infers _[conc]_ on the basis of
__[prem]__
On the basis of ANS✔✔ Premise
, Solution 2024/2025
Pepper
Because ANS✔✔ ALWAYS introduces premise but also capture conclusions
within the SAME sentence either before the premise indicator word or after
the premise.
It follows that ANS✔✔ Conclusion (usually)
As ANS✔✔ Premise
Therefore ANS✔✔ Conclusion
Since ANS✔✔ ALWAYS introduces premise but also captures conclusions
within the SAME sentence either before or after the premise indicator word
Given that ANS✔✔ Premise
Moreover ANS✔✔ Additional Premise Indicator
Furthermore ANS✔✔ Additional Premise Indicator
Besides ANS✔✔ Additional Premise indicator
Due to ANS✔✔ Premise
, Solution 2024/2025
Pepper
It appears ___ ANS✔✔ Not only do these words indicate the conclusion, they
often indicate the location of support. For example, 'suggests' tells us that
what follows it will be the conclusion and what's before 'suggests' will be
support/premise.
For this reason that, ANS✔✔ Premise [for] ***'For' ALWAYS introduces
premise but also captures conclusions within the SAME sentence either
before the premise indicator word or after the premise.
Suggests ANS✔✔ Not only do these words indicate the conclusion, they
often indicate the location of support. For example, 'suggests' tells us that
what follows it will be the conclusion and what's before 'suggests' will be
support/premise.
Seeing that ANS✔✔ Premise
As indicated by ANS✔✔ Premise [as]
On the grounds that ANS✔✔ Premise (support)
Owing to ANS✔✔ Premise
This can be seen from ANS✔✔ Premise (support)
For example ANS✔✔ Premise
In that ANS✔✔ Premise (support)
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