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Published
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley [2005-]
Language
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