Format:
1 Online-Ressource (323 Seiten)
Edition:
4th ed
ISBN:
9781394262335
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 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! -- Canceling a score -- Previewing a score -- Repeating the LSAT -- 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 -- The early bird . . . -- A complete application -- Review of applications -- Don't forget the money
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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 -- Elementary, my dear Watson: Deductive reasoning -- Perhaps I'm just generalizing: Inductive 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
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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 -- Big picture questions -- Just the facts: Direct information questions -- Reading between the lines: Inference questions -- 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 -- In or out of order? -- Eliminating the duds -- Picking an answer and moving on -- 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 -- Setting priorities -- Making an outline -- Structuring the essay -- One topic, two different essays -- The pro-Pekingese approach -- Going with the German shepherd -- Chapter 11 Practice Writing Samples -- Topic 1: Choosing a Law School
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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 -- Section I: Logical Reasoning -- Section II: Reading Comprehension -- Section III: Logical Reasoning -- 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 -- Section I: Logical Reasoning -- Section II: Reading Comprehension -- Section III: Logical Reasoning -- 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 -- Section I: Logical Reasoning -- Section II: Reading Comprehension -- Section III: Logical Reasoning -- Part 6 The Part of Tens -- Chapter 18 Ten Myths about the LSAT.
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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 -- EULA.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hatch, Lisa Zimmer LSAT Prep for Dummies Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2024 ISBN 9781394262311
Language:
English
