Category: Logical Reasoning
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LSAT Logical Reasoning Tips and Tricks
or…How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LSAT (Part 2 of 3) In another article, I showed you how to prepare for Reading Comprehension. This time, I’ll share…
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Words Indicating Sufficient / Necessary Conditions, and Time
Sufficient condition words: all, any, every, if, in order to, the only, to be, when, whenever. They sit before the arrow. Necessary condition words: must, only, only if, only when,…
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LSAT Words: "Except" "unless" "until" and "without" mean...
I’ve talked about Sufficient and Necessary Condition indicator words before. However, I left out a couple of important words (except, unless, until, and without) that factor into conditional reasoning. These…
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LSAT Logic | Sufficient vs Necessary Conditions
A sufficient condition guarantees a result. A necessary condition has to be true for that result to happen, but on its own it doesn't guarantee anything. On the LSAT, words…
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Arguments and Contrapositives | Necessary and Sufficient Assumptions
I spend a great deal of time talking about the difference between Necessary Assumption and Sufficient Assumption questions in my Logical Reasoning course. Arguments assume a link between the evidence and conclusion…
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Difference Between Necessary & Sufficient Assumption Questions
A Necessary Assumption question asks what the argument depends on, something the conclusion can't survive without. A Sufficient Assumption question asks what would prove the conclusion outright if you added…
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Difficult LSAT Logical Reasoning Questions
Difficult LSAT Logical Reasoning questions that stump students show up across PrepTests 43 through 60, and I list them by section and question number below, from a 2004 government-and-cigarettes question…
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15 Common LSAT Logical Reasoning Topics
LSAT Logical Reasoning questions often fall into one of the following categories. There’s no reason to classify every LSAT question in this way. However, it’s important to be familiar with…
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Sufficient Assumption Questions | Tips and Categorization
I’ve talked in another article about how Sufficient Assumption (Justify) questions are generally based in formal logic. This time, I’m going a bit further with this idea. I have analyzed…
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Logical Reasoning | Sufficient Assumption (Justify) Questions
Watch a related lesson How to Master Sufficient Assumption LSAT Logical Reasoning Questions Step-by-Step