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Logical Reasoning

Conclusions and Disputes

Questions that ask what an argument is trying to prove, or what two speakers disagree or agree about. Finding the conclusion is the first step on almost every Logical Reasoning question, so start here.

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Assumptions

Necessary assumption questions ask what an argument depends on; sufficient assumption questions ask what would make its conclusion follow. Both start with the gap between the evidence and the conclusion.

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Strengthen or Weaken

Pick the answer that makes an argument more or less convincing, or the question whose answer would help you judge it. The right answer only has to move the argument, not prove or destroy it.

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Flaws

Describe what is wrong with the reasoning. Flaw questions are the most common Logical Reasoning family, and the same errors come back again and again.

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Matching Flaws

Find the answer whose argument makes the same mistake as the stimulus. Name the flaw in the stimulus before you read the answers.

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Matching Structure and Principles

Match the pattern of an argument, or apply a general rule to a specific case. Describe the structure or principle in plain, abstract terms before you compare answers.

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Deductions and Inference

Decide what must be true, or what is most strongly supported, using only the statements you are given. The right answer stays inside what the facts allow.

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Explain or Resolve

Two facts seem to conflict, and the right answer shows how both can be true. Keep both facts in view and look for the difference that reconciles them.

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Techniques, Roles, and Principles

Describe how an argument works: the method it uses, the role a statement plays, or the principle behind it. These questions reward reading the structure rather than the topic.

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Conditional logic

If, only if, unless, all and none: the language of rules. Conditional reasoning runs through several Logical Reasoning families, and confusing a rule with its reverse is one of the most fixable errors.

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Reading Comprehension

Reading and mapping a passage

How to read a passage for its structure: the main point, the viewpoints, and what each paragraph does. A good first read makes every question faster.

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Main point questions

Questions about a passage's main point or primary purpose. The right answer covers the whole passage, not just one paragraph.

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Detail and inference questions

Detail questions ask what the passage says; inference questions ask what it implies. Both are answered from the text, so go back and check before you choose.

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Function questions

Why does the author mention this, and how is the passage put together? Function questions ask about the job a word, example or paragraph does.

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Author attitude

What does the author think, and how strongly? Attitude questions turn on word choice, so notice the difference between cautious approval and enthusiasm.

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Comparative passages

A Reading Comprehension set may use two shorter passages instead of one long one. The questions ask how the passages relate, where they agree and where they part ways.

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Method

Timing and pacing

Each section gives you 35 minutes for roughly 25 to 27 questions. These lessons cover pacing, flagging a hard question and moving on, and reaching the last Reading Comprehension passage.

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Blind review and the study cycle

Blind review means re-answering the questions you were unsure of, untimed and before you check the key. Paired with an error log, it turns each practice test into a lesson.

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Writing

Argumentative Writing

The writing task gives you 15 minutes of prewriting analysis and 35 minutes to write an essay that takes a position on a debatable issue. It is unscored, but it is required and law schools can read it.

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The test

Format, scores and test day

What is on the test now, how the 120 to 180 score works, and what test day looks like. Rules can change between testing cycles, so confirm the details for your own test in your LSAC account.

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How we choose the videos

  • Current format only. Nothing on Logic Games, which left the test in August 2024, and nothing that teaches the older format as current.
  • Many lessons come from the free LSAT series Khan Academy made with LSAC in 2018. The Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension question types they teach did not change in 2024.
  • Every video is public, can be played on other sites, is in English and runs 3 to 45 minutes. We prefer captioned lessons.
  • Lessons from a prep company's own channel are labeled. We link to them only where they explain a skill best.
  • The titles and summaries on this page are ours. Each video belongs to its creator. We check the list for removed or changed videos before every site update.

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