LSAT Syllabus 2024 – Download Pdf, LSAT Question Papers (Available)

• The main idea or primary purpose
• The organization or structure
• Principles that function in the selection
• Information that is explicitly stated
• Analogies to claims or arguments in the selection
• Information or ideas that can be inferred
• The application of information in the selection to a new context
• The impact of new information on claims or arguments in the selection
• The meaning or purpose of words or phrases as used in the context
• An author’s attitude as revealed in the tone of a passage or the language used

• Recognizing when two statements are logically equivalent in context by identifying a condition or rule that could replace one of the original conditions while still resulting in the same possible outcomes
• Reasoning with conditional (“if-then”) statements and recognizing logically equivalent formulations of such statements
• Inferring what could be true or must be true from given facts and rules
• Comprehending the basic structure of a set of relationships by determining a complete solution to the problem posed (for example, an acceptable seating arrangement of all six diplomats around a table)
• Inferring what could be true or must be true from given facts and rules together with new information in the form of an additional or substitute fact or rule

• Recognizing the parts of an argument and their relationships
• Identifying explanations
• Reasoning by analogy
• Recognizing similarities and differences between patterns of reasoning
• Determining how additional evidence affects an argument
• Identifying flaws in arguments
• Recognizing misunderstandings or points of disagreement
• Detecting assumptions made by particular arguments
• Drawing well-supported conclusions
• Identifying and applying principles or rules

Reasoning (1)