LSAT NECESSARY

Foreword by Sapneil Parikh, DMD xii 1. Introduction: Relearning How to Think 1 2. Lsat: Ready, Steady, Go 12 Finding the Truth (0-100) 12 Sufficiency vs. Necessity 16 Cause and Effect: "The Married Couple" 31 "The Home-Wrecker" 32 3. Logical Reasoning Is Selective Reasoning 36 Don't Get Lost in the Sauce 37 Common Argument Structures 37 Basic Argument Forms 39 The Olympic Long-Jumper 42 4. Deducing The Truth In Inferences 46 "All" Statements 46 MBT vs. CBT 47 MBF vs. CBF 48 "No" Statements 48 "Some" Statements 49 5. Closing the Gap: Finding the Assumption 54 Non-Related Arguments 54 Related But on Steroids 60 6. Passive Patterns 67 Conclusion Patterns 69 Spotting Conclusions Fast 73 Evidence Patterns 74 Valid Argument Patterns 76 Sufficient Assumption Patterns 78 The "U" Pattern 80 The Reverse "U" Pattern 81 The Block Method: "Some" and "Most" Statements 82 7. The Tricks of the Trade in Logical-Reasoning Questions 90 Seven Questions to Attack Logical-Reasoning Arguments 92 Seven Questions to Attack Logical-Reasoning Non-Arguments 93 How to Paraphrase Dense Arguments 94 Best Practices by Question Type: Non-Arguments 97 Best Practices by Question Type: Arguments 104 8. Reading Comprehension: Researching, Not Reading 121 The Purpose: Explain or Argue 123 How to Scan Keywords 123 The Most Important Question to Ask: Why? 124 The Push-Up Method 125 How to Take Notes 125 How to Predict 126 Don't Do the Questions in Order 126 The Three-Minute Rule 128 Mastering the Comparative Passage 129 9. Practice Makes Almost Perfect 131 The Six-Month Study Plan 132 The First Three Months 132 The Fourth and Fifth Months 132 The Sixth Month 134 Timing Strategy 132 10. Playing Games (Analytical Reasoning) 137 Multiple Sketches 137 Logic Games are Fun 139 The Fantastic Four 140 Ordering Games (sequencing, ordering, scheduling, ranking) 140 Grouping I Games (selecting, choosing) 143 Grouping II Games (distribute, accompany, form groups with 2+ entities) 149 Matching Games (distribute, accompany, form groups) 151 Hybrid Games (combination of actions) 153 Mastering Rules and Deductions 154 Attacking the Questions 157 Timing Strategies for Games 158 11. Perfect Practice: Scripts to Think 160 Logical-Reasoning Thinking Script (Argument Questions) 161 Reading-Comprehension Thinking Script 163 12. Check The Scoreboard: Bagging Points 167 The Million-Dollar Game 167 Treat the LSAT Like a Business 168 How to Get Faster 169 Scoring Strategy: Working Backwards 171 13. How To Review Your Practice Tests The Right Way 173 14. The 15-Point Triage Rule 176 How to Bag 15 Points in Reading Comprehension 177 Focus on Big-Picture, Detail, and Inference Questions 178 How to Bag 15 Points in Logic Games 181 Focus on the Single-Action Games 181 How to Bag 15 Points in Logical Reasoning 184 The Chunking Strategy 184 The Main-Point Mantra 185 Final Words 189 APPENDIX A: The Secret Language of Lawyers 193 APPENDIX B: Time-Draining Questions on the LSAT 195 APPENDIX C: Know Your Capabilities-Timing with Accuracy 198 APPENDIX D: Common Evidence and Conclusion Patterns 200 APPENDIX E: Logic-Games Homework-Practice Drills by Question Type 204 APPENDIX F: Reading-Comp Question Identification Types 217 APPENDIX G: Reading-Comp Structure Patterns 220 APPENDIX H: 25 Signs You're Ready to Sit and "Write" the LSAT 224 APPENDIX I: Common Wrong-Answer-Choice Traps in Logical Reasoning 227 APPENDIX J: Acceptance Letters 229 Index 248 About The Author 259