Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with the LSAT 5
Chapter 1: The L Team: The LSAT and Its Administrators 7
Chapter 2: Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success 17
Chapter 3: The Lowdown on Law School Admissions 27
Part II: Analytical Reasoning: Following the Rules of the Logic Game 35
Chapter 4: Gaming the Analytical Reasoning Questions 37
Chapter 5: Proper Placement: Analytical Reasoning Ordering Games 49
Chapter 6: Type Casting: Grouping Games 65
Part III: Logical Reasoning: Picking Apart an Argument 79
Chapter 7: Analyzing Arguments: The Basics of Logical Reasoning 81
Chapter 8: Conclusions, Inferences, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions 89
Chapter 9: Strengthening and Weakening Arguments 99
Chapter 10: Examining Less Common Logical Reasoning Question Types 107
Part IV: Reading Comprehension: Read ’Em but Don’t Weep 117
Chapter 11: Rites of Passage(s): Types of Reading Passages and Questions 119
Chapter 12: Safe Landing: Mastering the Approach to Reading Comprehension 129
Part V: The Writing Sample: Penning a Persuasive Argument 147
Chapter 13: Pick a Side, Any Side: Responding to the Writing Sample Prompt 149
Chapter 14: Practice Writing Samples 155
Part VI: The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs 161
Chapter 15: Some Rainy-Day “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 1 163
Chapter 16: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 203
Chapter 17: Perfecting with Practice: LSAT Practice Exam 2 241
Chapter 18: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 285
Chapter 19: Even More “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 3 317
Chapter 20: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 355
Part VII: The Part of Tens 395
Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Myths about the LSAT 397
Chapter 22: Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice 401
Index 405
