LSAT for dummies
Book - 2005
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley
©2005-
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- English
- Item Description
- Title change with 4th edition (2024). New titie: LSAT prep for dummies. Previous title: LSAT for dummies.
- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBN
- 9781394262311
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1. Getting Started with the LSAT
- Chapter 1. The L Team: The LSAT and its Administrators
- Getting to Know the Enemy
- Taking a Quick Look at the Types of Questions
- Logical reasoning - putting your arguing skills to good use
- Reading comprehension - concentrating and remembering what you read
- The writing sample - jumping the final hurdle
- You Gotta Score! Scoring the LSAT
- Registering for the LSAT
- Preparing for the LSAT
- What really helps
- Practice makes perfect
- What Have You Done for Me Lately? The LSAC
- Creating and administering the LSAT
- Aiding in law school applications
- Providing other goods and services
- Chapter 2. Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success
- Planning Your LSAT Test-Taking Tactics
- Maximizing your chances
- Taking the straight or the winding road
- Taking the occasional break
- To Guess or Not to Guess
- The joy of statistics
- Is Choice (B) really best?
- Increase your odds: Eliminate the duds
- Readying Yourself for Battle
- What to bring to the testing center
- What to leave behind when testing at the center
- Testing remotely: The do's and don'ts
- Life after the LSAT: What to Do Now?
- Yeah, that worked for me
- Wait, I can do better than that!
- Chapter 3. The Lowdown on Law School Admissions
- Choosing a Law School
- Where to go for information
- Important considerations
- Keeping ranking in mind
- Filling Out All the Forms - Applying to Law School
- Pick more than one
- How admissions work
- Don't forget the money
- Part 2. Logical Reasoning: Picking Apart an Argument
- Chapter 4. Analyzing Arguments: The Basics of Logical Reasoning
- What You Can Expect in the Logical Reasoning Sections
- Taking a Systematic Approach
- Reading the question first
- Reading the argument
- Formulating an answer
- Reading the answers and eliminating the wrong ones
- Making a Case: Essentials of Informal Logic
- Fighting fair: The elements of an argument
- Getting from point A to point B: Types of reasoning
- Chapter 5. Conclusions, Inferences, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions
- Jumping to Logical Conclusions
- Using Your Noggin to Make Inferences
- Making Assumptions
- Finding Flaws in an Argument
- Chapter 6. Strengthening and Weakening Arguments
- Understanding How These Questions Work
- Affecting cause-and-effect arguments
- Analyzing analogy arguments
- Stabbing at statistical arguments
- Build It Up: Strengthen/Support Questions
- Tear It Down: Weakening Questions
- A Twist: EXCEPT Questions
- Chapter 7. Examining Other Logical Reasoning Question Types
- Reconciling Discrepancies and Paradoxes
- Looking for paradox questions
- Perusing a paradox example
- Finding Points of Agreement and Disagreement
- Assessing points that intersect and divide
- Analyzing an agreement/disagreement example
- Reasoning by Pattern
- Finding pattern-of-reasoning questions
- Patterning a reasonable example
- Exploring Arguments Based on Principles
- Pinpointing principles questions
- Parsing a principles example
- Figuring Out an Argument's Structure
- Spotting structure questions
- Tackling a structure-of-argument example
- Knowing the Role Played by a Claim
- Determining a claim's purpose
- Trying out the role of a claim example
- Part 3. Reading Comprehension: Read 'Em but Don't Weep
- Chapter 8. Rites of Passage(s): Types of Reading Passages and Questions
- Presenting Reading Passages
- Experimenting with natural science passages
- Observing social science passages
- Entertaining a humanities passage
- Laying down the law-related passages
- Approaching Reading Questions
- Identifying the question type
- Eliminating answer choices
- Dealing with exception questions
- Chapter 9. Safe Landing: Mastering the Approach to Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension Strategy
- Skimming the questions
- To read or not to read
- Pacing Yourself through the Passages
- What to read for
- Getting the main point
- Absorbing the author's tone
- Forming the framework: The passage's outline
- Using the digital tools
- Deciding whether to work in or out of order
- Starting with the Questions
- Giving Sample Passage 1 a Shot: Influenza Vaccination
- Reading and highlighting or underlining
- Thinking about the passage
- Knocking down the questions
- Conquering Sample Passage 2: Manifest Destiny
- Answering questions and highlighting or underlining
- Answering the questions - full speed ahead
- Part 4. The Writing Sample: Penning a Persuasive Argument
- Chapter 10. Pick a Side, Any Side: Responding to the Writing Sample Prompt
- Picking a Side - No Ridin' the Fence
- Walking through a Practice Essay
- Organizing your argument
- One topic, two different essays
- Chapter 11. Practice Writing Samples
- Topic 1. Choosing a Law School
- Sample answer: Choosing Law School A
- Sample answer: Fighting for Law School B
- Topic 2. The Sporting Goods Store
- Sample answer: Use state funds
- Sample answer: Don't use state funds
- Part 5. The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs
- Chapter 12. Some Rainy-Day "Fun": LSAT Practice Exam 1
- Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 1
- Section I. Logical Reasoning
- Section II. Reading Comprehension
- Section III. Logical Reasoning
- Writing Sample
- Chapter 13. Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations
- Section I. Logical Reasoning
- Section II. Reading Comprehension
- Section III. Logical Reasoning
- Answer Key for Practice Exam 1
- Computing Your Score
- Chapter 14. Perfecting with Practice: LSAT Practice Exam 2
- Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 2
- Section I. Logical Reasoning
- Section II. Reading Comprehension
- Section III. Logical Reasoning
- Writing Sample
- Chapter 15. Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations
- Section I. Logical Reasoning
- Section II. Reading Comprehension
- Section III. Logical Reasoning
- Answer Key for Practice Exam 2
- Chapter 16. Even More "Fun": LSAT Practice Exam 3
- Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 3
- Section I. Logical Reasoning
- Section II. Reading Comprehension
- Section III. Logical Reasoning
- Writing Sample
- Chapter 17. Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations
- Section I. Logical Reasoning
- Section II. Reading Comprehension
- Section III. Logical Reasoning
- Answer Key for Practice Exam 3
- Part 6. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 18. Ten Myths about the LSAT
- The LSAT Doesn't Have Anything to Do with Law School
- You Can't Study for the LSAT
- You Must Take a Prep Course to Do Well on the LSAT
- You Can Spot Difficult Questions Before You Work Them
- B Is the Best Letter to Guess
- No One Reads the Writing Sample
- Finishing a Section Is Better Than Concentrating on Two-Thirds of It
- A Great LSAT Score Guarantees Admission to a Great Law School
- The LSAT Is Used Only for Admissions Purposes
- Your Score Won't Improve if You Retake the LSAT
- Chapter 19. Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice
- Business/Corporate
- Criminal
- Domestic Relations/Family Law
- Employment/Labor
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Personal Injury/Insurance Defense
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Trusts and Estates/Probate
- Index