Drill.150. (RC) pg . 819 Q.' 10's explanation in pg.822, I don't know what it means and i don't think the explanation adquately fits.
Also, I don't know how to address the concern
Drill.153. (RC) pg . 829--Q.6. it really bothers me the last part of the correct answer a) .... "which maple trees are subjected".... there never was a mention of maple trees in passage maps.... provided for Q.5 & Q.6. and MP Questions must be based on information like Must be true and most supported Questions. which I don't really see any mention of Maple Tree in passage map information.
So it makes me reluctant to choose this answer.
Dril.. 154, (RC) Pg. 836, Q's 4, if the question is about select the least incorrect answer, i can agree B) is the answer.
but the question is about selecting the correct answer. and i don't' see anywhere or information in the passage map that "DEFENDS an artist" so i don't think it, B) is the fair answer for this Question. cuz the information in the passage must exist or support to prove the particular answer choice is correct.
Drill. 159's pg. 847, Q. 1, considering all is consistently highlighted as a red flag word, i think Q.1 should include all as one of the red flag indicator in pg .849's answer choice.
Drill.164.(RC) Pg. 867. Q.8. I guess this is N. But in real life lsat, this would be considered as a correct answer for weaken (alternative cause)
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Re: Pg.819, 829 & 833 & 847 & 867 - RC Qs only
Drill.150. (RC) pg . 819 Q.' 10's explanation in pg.822, I don't know what it means and i don't think the explanation adquately fits.
Also, I don't know how to address the concern
For Q10, hearing "this theory may sound compelling, but ...." would suggest that our author is planning to disagree with the theory or present objections to it.
Hearing, "there are several competing explanations [for this same phenomenon, the profitable sharing economy" would suggest that we're about to here alternative explanations for why the sharing economy has been profitable.
So the answer to Q10 is just saying, "We're probably about to hear objections to 'this theory', in the form of alternate explanations for the same phenomenon (profitable sharing economy)."
Drill.153. (RC) pg . 829--Q.6. it really bothers me the last part of the correct answer a) .... "which maple trees are subjected".... there never was a mention of maple trees in passage maps.... provided for Q.5 & Q.6. and MP Questions must be based on information like Must be true and most supported Questions. which I don't really see any mention of Maple Tree in passage map information.
So it makes me reluctant to choose this answer.
I think you're taking this drill too literally. The passage map is supposed to represent a student's shorthand, not the passage itself. (A) also mentions HEXAGONAL crystals, but the passage map doesn't. This drill isn't asking you what claim can be derived from the words you read in this pretend student's passage map. It's more about, which answer choice seems to best capture (in preferably safe language) the purpose of the passage.
Since the provided map here looks like our purpose was "to provide an answer to a puzzling question", (B) is immediately out. (A) and (C) both sound like an author explaining a puzzling question, but (C) is stronger and broader ("primarily" and about "all crystals in nature"), whereas the passage map indicated our puzzle was about specific crystals found in tree sap.
So (A) could be re-written as "The octagonal crystals within elm tree sap ...." and it would still be the best available option.
Dril.. 154, (RC) Pg. 836, Q's 4, if the question is about select the least incorrect answer, i can agree B) is the answer.
but the question is about selecting the correct answer. and i don't' see anywhere or information in the passage map that "DEFENDS an artist" so i don't think it, B) is the fair answer for this Question. cuz the information in the passage must exist or support to prove the particular answer choice is correct.
Whenever you're doing LR or RC,
selecting the correct answer = select the least incorrect answer
It's always about picking the best available answer, the "credited response". They don't have to be perfect or bulletproof. It's a frustrating fact of the game we're playing here.
If a passage begins with a criticism that a novel is unrealistic, but then goes on to show that within the genre in which the author is writing un-realistically is the desirable norm, then hasn't the passage shown that criticism to be invalid?
In an actual passage, it would be easier for you to see this as beginning with someone else's view and then pivoting to the author's view. It would say something like "Many critics have charged that Gadley's novels are too unrealistic" ... "HOWEVER, these critics don't appreciate the genre in which Gadley is writing".
We, who are super familiar with LSAT, have seen this structure enough to know that if you start with a criticism, the author will almost always counter it. And the substance of P2 - P3 - P4 sounds like the trajectory of an author working to shoot down that original criticism.
Drill. 159's pg. 847, Q. 1, considering all is consistently highlighted as a red flag word, i think Q.1 should include all as one of the red flag indicator in pg .849's answer choice.
I guess I kinda agree with you? It's just that saying "of all the X's I've ever met" is not at all the same formulation as "All the X's I've ever met".
If we say, "Of all the American Presidents, Abe Lincoln was the tallest", it's just "tallest" that makes that claim strong. You could ditch the "of all the" and it would still be exactly as strong a claim:
Abe Lincoln was the tallest American President.
Meanwhile, saying "All American Presidents have been tall" is a much different claim, and in that claim it is the concept of ALL that seems worrisome. When we're flagging "all", it's because it's making the claim a universal.
"Of all the Presidents, Lincoln was the tallest" is not a universal. It's a superlative: Lincoln is tallest.
Drill.164.(RC) Pg. 867. Q.8. I guess this is N. But in real life lsat, this would be considered as a correct answer for weaken (alternative cause)
Not really sure what your question is here. This isn't asking us to weaken a causal argument. It's asking whether it's an example of a principle, a counterexample, or neither.
Within the context of that question, there's no such thing as an alternative cause (there's no phenomenon in the first place whose cause we're trying to explain).
If you have a principle that says
The more X you have, the less Y you have
example: more X, less Y
example: less X, more Y
counterexample: more X, more Y
counterexample: less X, less Y
neither: any thing talking about stuff other than X or Y
Q8 talks about "increasing social services", which has nothing to do with "increasing the certainty / severity of punishment", so it's automatically not an example or a counterexample.
Hope this helps.
Also, I don't know how to address the concern
For Q10, hearing "this theory may sound compelling, but ...." would suggest that our author is planning to disagree with the theory or present objections to it.
Hearing, "there are several competing explanations [for this same phenomenon, the profitable sharing economy" would suggest that we're about to here alternative explanations for why the sharing economy has been profitable.
So the answer to Q10 is just saying, "We're probably about to hear objections to 'this theory', in the form of alternate explanations for the same phenomenon (profitable sharing economy)."
Drill.153. (RC) pg . 829--Q.6. it really bothers me the last part of the correct answer a) .... "which maple trees are subjected".... there never was a mention of maple trees in passage maps.... provided for Q.5 & Q.6. and MP Questions must be based on information like Must be true and most supported Questions. which I don't really see any mention of Maple Tree in passage map information.
So it makes me reluctant to choose this answer.
I think you're taking this drill too literally. The passage map is supposed to represent a student's shorthand, not the passage itself. (A) also mentions HEXAGONAL crystals, but the passage map doesn't. This drill isn't asking you what claim can be derived from the words you read in this pretend student's passage map. It's more about, which answer choice seems to best capture (in preferably safe language) the purpose of the passage.
Since the provided map here looks like our purpose was "to provide an answer to a puzzling question", (B) is immediately out. (A) and (C) both sound like an author explaining a puzzling question, but (C) is stronger and broader ("primarily" and about "all crystals in nature"), whereas the passage map indicated our puzzle was about specific crystals found in tree sap.
So (A) could be re-written as "The octagonal crystals within elm tree sap ...." and it would still be the best available option.
Dril.. 154, (RC) Pg. 836, Q's 4, if the question is about select the least incorrect answer, i can agree B) is the answer.
but the question is about selecting the correct answer. and i don't' see anywhere or information in the passage map that "DEFENDS an artist" so i don't think it, B) is the fair answer for this Question. cuz the information in the passage must exist or support to prove the particular answer choice is correct.
Whenever you're doing LR or RC,
selecting the correct answer = select the least incorrect answer
It's always about picking the best available answer, the "credited response". They don't have to be perfect or bulletproof. It's a frustrating fact of the game we're playing here.
If a passage begins with a criticism that a novel is unrealistic, but then goes on to show that within the genre in which the author is writing un-realistically is the desirable norm, then hasn't the passage shown that criticism to be invalid?
In an actual passage, it would be easier for you to see this as beginning with someone else's view and then pivoting to the author's view. It would say something like "Many critics have charged that Gadley's novels are too unrealistic" ... "HOWEVER, these critics don't appreciate the genre in which Gadley is writing".
We, who are super familiar with LSAT, have seen this structure enough to know that if you start with a criticism, the author will almost always counter it. And the substance of P2 - P3 - P4 sounds like the trajectory of an author working to shoot down that original criticism.
Drill. 159's pg. 847, Q. 1, considering all is consistently highlighted as a red flag word, i think Q.1 should include all as one of the red flag indicator in pg .849's answer choice.
I guess I kinda agree with you? It's just that saying "of all the X's I've ever met" is not at all the same formulation as "All the X's I've ever met".
If we say, "Of all the American Presidents, Abe Lincoln was the tallest", it's just "tallest" that makes that claim strong. You could ditch the "of all the" and it would still be exactly as strong a claim:
Abe Lincoln was the tallest American President.
Meanwhile, saying "All American Presidents have been tall" is a much different claim, and in that claim it is the concept of ALL that seems worrisome. When we're flagging "all", it's because it's making the claim a universal.
"Of all the Presidents, Lincoln was the tallest" is not a universal. It's a superlative: Lincoln is tallest.
Drill.164.(RC) Pg. 867. Q.8. I guess this is N. But in real life lsat, this would be considered as a correct answer for weaken (alternative cause)
Not really sure what your question is here. This isn't asking us to weaken a causal argument. It's asking whether it's an example of a principle, a counterexample, or neither.
Within the context of that question, there's no such thing as an alternative cause (there's no phenomenon in the first place whose cause we're trying to explain).
If you have a principle that says
The more X you have, the less Y you have
example: more X, less Y
example: less X, more Y
counterexample: more X, more Y
counterexample: less X, less Y
neither: any thing talking about stuff other than X or Y
Q8 talks about "increasing social services", which has nothing to do with "increasing the certainty / severity of punishment", so it's automatically not an example or a counterexample.
Hope this helps.
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