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LSAT For Dummies

LSAT For Dummies


By Amy Hackney Blackwell

ISBN: 978-0-7645-7194-7
Format: Paper
Pages: 384 Pages
Pub. Date: October 2004

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Price: $19.99
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Table of Contents
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Bonus Material
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Introduction.

Part I: Taking the LSAT Plunge.

Chapter 1: The L Team: The LSAT and Its Sponsors.

Chapter 2: Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success.

Chapter 3: The Lowdown on Law School Admissions.

Part II: Analytical Reasoning: Players, Rules, and Logic.

Chapter 4: Zen and the Art of Analytical Reasoning.

Chapter 5: Analyze This: A Walk through Four Analytical Reasoning Problems.

Chapter 6: Give It a Try: An LSAT Analytical Reasoning Section.

Chapter 7: The Mysteries of Chapter 6 Solved.

Part III: Logical Reasoning: Arguing Well.

Chapter 8: Stay on Your Toes: The Basics of Logical Reasoning.

Chapter 9: Conclusions, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions.

Chapter 10: Strengthening, Weakening, and Supporting Arguments.

Chapter 11: Patterns of Reasoning, Explanations, and Resolving Discrepancies.

Chapter 12: Be Reasonable! — Logical Reasoning Practice Questions.

Chapter 13: Check Yourself! — Answers and Explanations for Chapter 12.

Part IV: Reading Comprehension: Read ’Em but Don’t Weep.

Chapter 14: Everybody’s Got an Axe to Grind: Reading Comprehension.

Chapter 15: Getting Acquainted with Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions.

Chapter 16: Comprehending the Incomprehensible: Practice Passages and Questions.

Chapter 17: Answers and Explanations for Chapter 16.

Part V: The Writing Sample: No Score but Can Count.

Chapter 18: No Right or Wrong Answers Here: Just Pick a Side.

Chapter 19: Practice Writing Samples.

Part VI: The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs.

Chapter 20: Some Rainy-Day “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 1.

Chapter 21: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations.

Chapter 22: Some More Rainy-Day “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 2.

Chapter 23: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations.

Part VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 24: Ten (or So) Habits of Highly Successful LSAT-Takers.

Chapter 25: Ten (Plus One) Myths About the LSAT.

Chapter 26: Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice.

Index.

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