LSAT KNOWLEDGE
PARTS OF AN ARGUMENT
LR QUESTION TYPES
LOGICAL FALLACIES
AS SEEN ON TV
100

THE MAXIMUM SCORE ONE CAN ACHIEVE ON AN LSAT, EARNED BY AROUND 0.1% OF TEST TAKERS

WHAT IS 180?

100

A CLAIM THAT IS SUPPORTED BY OTHER CLAIMS

WHAT IS A CONCLUSION?

100

ASKS THE TEST TAKER TO DESCRIBE THE ERROR IN REASONING IN THE STIMULUS

WHAT IS A FLAW QUESTION?

100

THIS FLAW ATTACKS THE ARGUMENT OF ANOTHER BY ATTACKING THE INDIVIDUAL MAKING THE ARGUMENT

WHAT IS AD HOMINEM?

100

THIS SPINOFF OF "BREAKING BAD" FOLLOWS A LAWYER'S LEGAL CAREER

WHAT IS "BETTER CALL SAUL?"

200

IN THIS LSAT SECTION TYPE, TAKERS READ A PASSAGE BEFORE ANSWERING QUESTIONS

WHAT IS READING COMPREHENSION?

200

A CLAIM THAT IS USED TO SUPPORT OTHER CLAIMS

WHAT IS A PREMISE?

200

THIS QUESTION TYPE ASKS FOR A RESPONSE THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE STIMULUS

WHAT IS A MOST STRONGLY SUPPORTED QUESTION?

200

ASSUMING THAT A QUALITY OR TRAIT POSSESSED BY A GROUP IS ALSO TRUE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THAT GROUP

WHAT IS PART TO WHOLE?

200

THIS BLIND VIGILANTE BY NIGHT PRACTICES LAW DURING THE DAY

WHO IS DAREDEVIL?

300

THE NAME OF THE PROVIDED TEXT THE TAKER MUST ANALYZE, OFTEN READ AFTER THE QUESTION AND BEFORE THE RESPONSES IN LOGICAL REASONING SECTIONS

WHAT IS THE STIMULUS?

300

THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE AN ARGUMENT THAT IS LOGICAL, EVEN IF THE PREMISES ARE NOT TRUE

WHAT IS VALID?

300

ASKS THE TEST TAKER TO IDENTIFY A RESPONSE THAT THE ARGUMENT DEPENDS ON TO BE VALID

WHAT IS A NECESSARY ASSUMPTION QUESTION?

300

THIS FLAW USES THE ARGUMENT'S CONCLUSION AS A PREMISE

WHAT IS CIRCULAR REASONING?

300

THIS ACTRESS PORTRAYED THE PINK-CLAD LAW STUDENT ELLE WOODS IN A 2001 FILM

WHO IS REESE WITHERSPOON?

400

THIS SCORE REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE SCORE ACHIEVED ON THE LSAT

WHAT IS 151?

400

AN OFTEN UNSTATED CLAIM THAT MUST BE TRUE BASED ON THE CONCLUSION, REQUIRED FOR AN ARGUMENT TO BE VALID

WHAT IS AN ASSUMPTION?

400

THIS QUESTION TYPE TESTS THE ABILITY TO PUT THE ARGUMENT'S LOGIC IN ABSTRACT OR GENERAL TERMS

WHAT IS A PRINCIPLE QUESTION?

400

TREATING A NECESSARY CONDITION AS IF IT WERE SUFFICIENT, OR CONCLUDING AN EVENT IS TRUE MERELY BECAUSE A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT EVENT OCCURRED

WHAT IS CONVERSE?

400

THIS TV "ATTORNEY" OF RECENT POPULARITY HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

WHO IS MIKE ROSS?

500

THIS SECTION WAS RECENTLY REMOVED FROM THE LSAT, MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF SOME LSAT TAKERS

WHAT ARE LOGIC GAMES?

500

THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE AN ARGUMENT THAT IS BOTH TRUE AND VALID

WHAT IS SOUND?

500

ASKS THE TAKER TO MATCH THE STIMULUS' REASONING TO A SIMILAR REASONING IN THE RESPONSES

WHAT IS A PARALLEL QUESTION?

500

THIS FLAW DRAWS A CONCLUSION THAT IS STRONGER THAN WHAT IS WARRANTED BY THE PREMISES

WHAT IS MODALITY?

500
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND MARISA TOMEI STAR IN THIS 2011 MURDER CASE FILM

WHAT IS THE LINCOLN LAWYER?

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