You’re invited to LSAT Lab’s live online class. We’ve flipped the traditional classroom. At LSAT Lab you learn the fundamentals with video lessons before you take on more advanced concepts in class. Taught by Matt Sherman and Patrick Tyrrell, who together have 35 years of experience in helping students achieve amazing LSAT scores.
Author's Attitude questions in Reading Comprehension are all about identifying who believes what and to what extent do they believe it.
Author’s Attitude
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jan 21 3:30 PM (PT)
We'll work on chunking, self-summarizing, using frameworks, and differentiating Big Ideas from Support, so that we can be better at finding and retaining the big ideas in the passage.
Big Picture Reading
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Jan 21 6:00 PM (PT)
When logic games get tough, it's often because they have Non 1:1 correspondence between the number of players and positions. Learn how to use frequency distributions to make key inferences.
Non 1:1
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jan 24 2:30 PM (PT)
Learn how to deal with Reasoning Structures and Trap Answer patterns on Most Supported questions in the Logical Reasoning section.
Most Supported
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Jan 24 5:00 PM (PT)
Role questions ask you to describe the role of a claim in an argument. Learn about premises, conclusions, opposing points, and more.
Role (levels 4-5) | Advanced
Instructor: Matt Sherman Mon Jan 25 5:00 PM (PT)
Learn how to manage Reasoning Structures and Trap Answer patterns on Most Supported questions in the Logical Reasoning section.
Most Supported
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Jan 26 3:30 PM (PT)
Standard Grouping games ask you to assign a set of elements to several teams. Learn how to create an effective game board, notate the rules, and create frames for this game type.
Standard Grouping
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Jan 26 6:00 PM (PT)
Some games use neither Ordering diagrams nor Grouping diagrams. Instead, they describe their own diagram, and usually they involve assigning 2-4 things multiple times to fill in all the blanks.
Outliers | Advanced
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Jan 27 5:00 PM (PT)
Main Conclusion questions are a good place to test your ability to find the conclusion of an argument. It’s the first step in most Logical Reasoning questions, so be sure to learn these strategies to find the argument's main conclusion.
Main Conclusion
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Jan 28 3:30 PM (PT)
Frameworks are ways of organizing the information we get in the passage in to 2 or 3 big picture functional units. We'll discuss some of the common ones and try to figure out a usable framework on a few passages.
Find a Framework
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Jan 28 6:00 PM (PT)
Agree/Disagree questions in Logical Reasoning ask you to identify the answer that both speakers address. This lesson covers important differences in the task set forth in the question stem and the common trap answers to look out for.
Agree/Disagree
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Jan 31 2:30 PM (PT)
Strengthen questions on the LSAT are common and have a wide range of difficulty. In this lesson we present the Reasoning Structures to look out for and the Trap Answers you need to know.
Strengthen
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Jan 31 5:00 PM (PT)
This lesson covers Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers common to Necessary Assumption questions and looks at how the correct answer creates a linking or a defending relationship.
Necessary Assumption (levels 4-5) | Advanced
Instructor: Matt Sherman Mon Feb 1 5:00 PM (PT)
Substitution questions present rules to be replaced with answer choices that yield the same result. Learn how to identify similarities and apply the correct substitution.
Substitution
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Feb 2 3:30 PM (PT)
The rules all come together in Tree Ordering games. Connect the rules to build trees that help you see implicit relationships within the game.
Tree Ordering
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Feb 2 6:00 PM (PT)
In this uncommon framework, the passage zooms into "a case in point," or an example or two, in service of illustrating a broader thesis.
Illustrate General Claim | Advanced
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Feb 3 5:00 PM (PT)
Role questions ask you to describe the role of a claim in an argument. Learn about premises, conclusions, opposing points, and more.
Role
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Feb 4 3:30 PM (PT)
Main Point questions in Reading Comprehension are common. We'll look at where to find the main point in the passage and the types of ideas that tend to serve as the main point.
Main Point
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Feb 4 6:00 PM (PT)
This lesson provides a summary review of and insights into current trends within the Logic Games section.
LG Review
Instructor: Matt Sherman Sun Feb 7 2:30 PM (PT)
Agree/Disagree questions in Logical Reasoning ask you to identify the answer that both speakers address. This lesson covers important differences in the task set forth in the question stem and the common trap answers to look out for.
Agree/Disagree
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Feb 7 5:00 PM (PT)
Strengthen questions on the LSAT are common and have a wide range of difficulty. In this lesson, we present the Reasoning Structures to look out for and the Trap Answers you need to know.
Strengthen (levels 4-5) | Advanced
Instructor: Matt Sherman Mon Feb 8 5:00 PM (PT)
This lesson provides a summary review of and insights into current trends within the Logical Reasoning section.
LR Review
Instructor: Matt Sherman Tue Feb 9 3:30 PM (PT)
In-Out Grouping games are a tricky game type designed to measure if-then reasoning. Properly notating conditional relationships and quickly linking them together is key to success in this game type.
In/Out Grouping
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Feb 9 6:00 PM (PT)
Quantifiers are an advanced form of conditional logic. Add "some" and "most" statements to conditional statements and you're working with quantified logic.
Quantifiers | Advanced
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Feb 10 5:00 PM (PT)
This lesson provides a summary review of and insights into current trends within the Reading Comprehension section.
RC Review
Instructor: Matt Sherman Thu Feb 11 3:30 PM (PT)
Principle questions in the Logical Reasoning section ask you to support an argument with a general rule or ask you to find an argument that conforms to such a rule.
Principle
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Feb 11 6:00 PM (PT)
Questions that ask about the author's purpose in Reading Comprehension can appear in several formats. This lesson covers how to think about the author's intent narrowly within the passage and what the questions that test this information look like.
Purpose
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Feb 14 5:00 PM (PT)
In Stacked Ordering games a good organization reveals hidden inferences which are the key to quickly solving this game type. This lesson looks at how to spot one of these games, how to set one up, and when to use frames.
Stacked Ordering
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Feb 16 6:00 PM (PT)
Frames can be a powerful tool for setting up some games, but not for others. Discuss how and when to frame, and when to just move on.
Frames | Advanced
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Feb 17 5:00 PM (PT)
On Must be True questions in Logical Reasoning the right answer is something you can prove. Learn how they rely heavily on conditional logic and comparative reasoning.
Must Be True
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Feb 18 6:00 PM (PT)
Opinion questions in Reading Comprehension require that you keep track of who believes what and to what degree do they believe it.
Opinion
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Feb 21 5:00 PM (PT)
This lesson covers Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers common to Necessary Assumption questions and looks at how the correct answer creates a linking or a defending relationship.
Necessary Assumption
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Feb 23 6:00 PM (PT)
Challenge a Position | Advanced
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Wed Feb 24 5:00 PM (PT)
Stacked Grouping games are about organizing your game board well. Learn how to pick a variable for the base of your game board and make inferences before you answer the questions.
Stacked Grouping
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Feb 25 6:00 PM (PT)
Flaw questions ask you to describe the error of reasoning within the argument. Learn how Reasoning Structures and Trap Answers play a role in this important question type.
Flaw
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Feb 28 5:00 PM (PT)
When logic games get tough, it's often because they have Non 1:1 correspondence between the number of players and positions. Learn how to use frequency distributions to make key inferences.
Non 1:1
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Mar 2 6:00 PM (PT)
Some questions have keywords or highlighted lines in the question stem that point us to a specific part of the passage, or just test us on our ability to hunt for a given detail.
Locate Details
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Mar 4 6:00 PM (PT)
Paradox questions ask you to resolve an apparent paradox or to explain something strange. If you like Strengthen questions, you'll love Paradox questions.
Paradox
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Mar 7 5:00 PM (PT)
Although these feel a bit like Stacked games, we know in advance what secondary quality each character has.
Subgroups
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Mar 9 6:00 PM (PT)
Weaken questions rely heavily on causal and comparative Reasoning Structures and frequently include a Trap Answer that just barely misses the mark.
Weaken
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Mar 11 6:00 PM (PT)
Questions in Reading Comprehension that use words like inferred, implies, suggests are usually more difficult questions that test an idea that is derivable from the passage, even though it wasn't explicitly said.
Infer From Details
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Mar 14 5:00 PM (PT)
Main Conclusion questions are a good place to test your ability to find the conclusion of an argument. It’s the first step in most Logical Reasoning questions, so be sure to learn these strategies to find the argument's main conclusion.
Main Conclusion
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Mar 16 6:00 PM (PT)
We'll discuss some of the signs that suggest a game could benefit from Frames (creating the beginnings of 2, 3, or 4 possible worlds before going into questions)
Frames
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Mar 18 6:00 PM (PT)
Sufficient Assumption questions in Logical Reasoning are all about finding the missing link in the argument.
Sufficient Assumption
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Mar 21 6:00 PM (PT)
Some of the hardest and most time-consuming questions in RC can be the ones that go beyond the passage: Analogy, Application, Strengthen/Weaken, Last Sentence, and Title/Audience.
Beyond the Passage
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Mar 23 6:00 PM (PT)
Parallel questions take more effort to complete than other questions. Consider structure and validity and they won't necessarily be harder.
Parallel
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Mar 25 6:00 PM (PT)
One of the most challenging questions in LG are Substitution questions. This lesson covers two effective strategies for approaching this question type.
Substitution
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Sun Mar 28 5:00 PM (PT)
Role questions ask you to determine the role of a claim in an argument. Learn about premises, conclusions, opposing points, and more.
Role
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Mar 30 6:00 PM (PT)
Most questions in comparative passage sets require that you understand how the two passages are similar and how they are different. This lesson covers how to adjust your reading process for this type of passage.
Comparative Passages
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Apr 1 6:00 PM (PT)
Parallel Flaw questions, like the traditional "Parallel" questions, ask you to match what is the shared incorrect or erroneous element of the question stem and the answer choices.
Parallel Flaw
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Tue Apr 6 6:00 PM (PT)
Two of the more challenging question types in Logic Games are Possible List and List of Possibilities. We'll discuss telling them apart and how to deal with each.
Lists & Possibilities
Instructor: Patrick Tyrrell Thu Apr 8 6:00 PM (PT)
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