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The PowerScore Weekend LSAT Course Syllabus
What
we cover in class
The PowerScore
Weekend LSAT Course consists of four sessions of four hours each.
Sessions I and II are taught on Saturday, and Sessions III and IV
are taught on Sunday. The total in-class instruction time is sixteen
hours. You will be provided with access to a pre-weekend practice
LSAT (the June 2003 LSAT), as well as a seminar booklet that includes
an extensive homework comprised of questions, drills, analyses, and
another eight practice LSATs for you to work on once the weekend course
concludes. The combined Course and Homework material totals over 600
pages in length. The following syllabus is used in the PowerScore
Weekend LSAT Course:
- Introduction
- Logical
Reasoning
Attacking
the Stimulus
When to Read the Question Stem
The Elements of Argumentation
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
Analyzing the Question Stem
Logical Reasoning Question Types
Prephrasing Answers
The Answer Choices
Must Be True Questions
Main Point Questions
Sufficient and Necessary Conditions
Reversals
and Negations
Diagramming "Unless"
Conditional Reasoning Problems
- Logic
Games
Approaching
the Games
Setups and Diagramming
The Questions
Attacking the Section
Rule Representation: Blocks, Sequencing, and Dual-Options
Basic Linear Games
- Reading
Comprehension
The Two
Passage Types
Approaching the Passages—6 Critical Steps
Question Types
Attacking the Questions
Introductory Reading Comprehension Passage
- Logical
Reasoning
Weaken Questions
Typical Weaken Scenarios
Cause and Effect Reasoning
Causality in Weaken Questions
- Logical
Reasoning
Assumption
Questions
The Supporter/Defender Assumption Model™
The Assumption Negation Technique™
Justify the Conclusion Questions
The Justify Formula™
Strengthen Questions
- Logic
Games
Advanced
Linear Setups and Multiple Stacks
The Separation Principle™
- Reading
Comprehension
Diagramming
the Passages
Political Correctness
- Logic
Games
The Principle
of Grouping
Unified Grouping Theory™
Diagramming the Rules
The Double-Not Arrow
Linear vs Grouping Symbolizations
Hurdle the Uncertainty™
Grouping Games
- Logical
Reasoning
Method of
Reasoning Questions
Flaw in the Reasoning Questions
Classic LSAT Fallacies
Parallel Reasoning Questions
The Parallel Reasoning Elemental Attack™:
Double the Conclusion™,
the Premise
Test™, the Validity Test™, and
the Test
of Abstraction™.
- Logical
Reasoning
Resolve the
Paradox Questions
Point at Issue Questions
The Agree/Disagree Test™
- Reading
Comprehension
Science and
Technology Passages
Comparative Reading Passages
- Logic
Games
Numerical
Distribution Games
Identifying Numerical Distributions
Fixed vs Unfixed Distributions
Numerical Distribution Identification Drill
Limited Solution Set Games
Identify the Templates™
- The Writing
Sample
Writing Sample
Analysis
The Decision Prompt
The Pro-Con Format
The Decision Prompt Writing Sample
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