Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with the LSAT 5Chapter 1: The L Team: The LSAT and Its Administrators 7Chapter 2: Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success 17Chapter 3: The Lowdown on Law School Admissions 25Part 2: Analytical Reasoning: Following the Rules of the Logic Game 33Chapter 4: Gaming the Analytical Reasoning Questions 35Chapter 5: Proper Placement: Analytical Reasoning Ordering Games 47Chapter 6: Type Casting: Grouping Games 63Part 3: Logical Reasoning: Picking Apart an Argument 77Chapter 7: Analyzing Arguments: The Basics of Logical Reasoning 79Chapter 8: Conclusions, Inferences, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions 87Chapter 9: Strengthening and Weakening Arguments 95Chapter 10: Examining Other Logical Reasoning Question Types 103Part 4: Reading Comprehension: Read 'Em but Don't Weep 115Chapter 11: Rites of Passage(s): Types of Reading Passages and Questions 117Chapter 12: Safe Landing: Mastering the Approach to Reading Comprehension 127Part 5: The Writing Sample: Penning a Persuasive Argument 143Chapter 13: Pick a Side, Any Side: Responding to the Writing Sample Prompt 145Chapter 14: Practice Writing Samples 151Part 6: The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs 155Chapter 15: Some Rainy-Day "Fun": LSAT Practice Exam 1 157Chapter 16: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 195Chapter 17: Perfecting with Practice: LSAT Practice Exam 2 233Chapter 18: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 273Chapter 19: Even More "Fun": LSAT Practice Exam 3 307Chapter 20: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 345Part 7: The Part of Tens 385Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Myths about the LSAT 387Chapter 22: Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice 391Index 395
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