Welcome to Kaplan's Logical Reasoning Challenge Workshop!

At this point,
you should have a firm grasp of the fundamentals of an argument. The four most
common LSAT Logical Reasoning questions — Assumptions,
Strengthen/Weaken, Inference and Flaw questions — comprise 70% of the
Logical Reasoning sections and, consequently, 35% of the questions on the
exam. This lesson will cover the remainder of the question types in the
Reasoning sections and, in addition, introduce some important tools to help
score higher on Test Day.

In particular, this workshop will cover:

 A review of the common question types

 Common wrong answer choices
 The less frequent question types
o Main Point questions
o Parallel Reasoning questions
o Method of Argument questions
o Principle questions
o Paradox questions
o Point at Issue questions

A Review of the Common Question Types

Your work should always begin with the question stem, and your preparation
should sensitize you to the elements of Reasoning question stems that appear
again and again.

Take each of the following question stems in turn. What do you see and
think about in terms of each one? What action steps would you take?
Compare your thinking with ours by clicking Continue.

1. The conclusion drawn in the passage above depends on which of the

following assumptions?

When you see the phrase "depends on which…assumptions" you should think that this is
a straightforward Assumption question, one that asks for a central connection—taken for
granted—between evidence and conclusion. Just keep in mind that an arguer can depend
on several assumptions, only one of which will be chosen as the right answer. Your "Do"
is to locate the evidence and conclusion, and look for a necessary connection between
them. Predicting an answer before attacking the choices helps save time and improve
accuracy.

2. The conclusion above follows from the evidence if which of the following is true?